N in mathematica?

Asked Oct 27 '14 at 16:16

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As the title says, What is the meaning of //N?

i can't remember it.I tried looking in documentaion center, but it came up with nothing.

Help appreciated.

asked Oct 27 '14 at 16:16

Shobhit

See Postfix and N. – kale Oct 27 '14 at 16:22
@kale Postfix refers to a textual form. What the OP is looking for is in this tutorial. – rcollyer Oct 27 '14 at 16:28
This is covered very well by this answer which has plenty of links to the documentation. – rcollyer Oct 27 '14 at 16:30
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This should be closed, but why downvote? – Dr. belisarius Oct 27 '14 at 16:30
@rcollyer Agreed, but regardless is a good intro to Postfix notation. – kale Oct 27 '14 at 16:32
@kale I have mixed feelings on that. Yes, it introduces the terminology, but I'm not sure if new users will be able to use the knowledge. – rcollyer Oct 27 '14 at 16:35
@belisarius This community used to be more forgiving of such simple questions. Reference the linked duplicate with its +3 as opposed to -3 as an example. I don't know if this change is for the better or the worse, but I noted it in an update here. I agree that the down-votes are not needed. – Mr.Wizard Oct 27 '14 at 17:07
@Mr.Wizard in the link provided, there is nothing abt //N i asked in the question. – Shobhit Oct 27 '14 at 17:11
@Ramanujan Both parts of // N are covered in the answers to (17333). What do you mean? – Mr.Wizard Oct 27 '14 at 17:13
@Mr.Wizard Interesting update. I believe I missed the original question/answers. Thanks! – Dr. belisarius Oct 27 '14 at 17:14
@Mr.Wizard sorry sorry, and thank u. – Shobhit Oct 27 '14 at 17:15

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