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My brain seizure is gone; what a relief. Thanks John!
Sorry, a newbie question but I couldn't locate an answer. If I want to use a user-defined global variable in a user-defined function, should I pass it as a parameter to the function, or just straight out use it in the function? Thanks.
Daniel, Sean, and Bruce - Thanks to each of you for your detailed and helpful replies. I very much appreciate your help. You've provided me with enough leads and ideas to move forward. At least as far as I'm concerned, please consider this help...
Thanks, Isaac. That's helpful. I did play with Labeled yesterday when I was trying to get something to work with my actual problem, which involves a Manipulate, ListAnimate, GraphicsGrid, Show, and ListPlot. I didn't have any success with that, but I...
Thanks, Antonio! I appreciate your help. The following seems to work fine: ListAnimate[Table[Graphics[{Circle[{0, 0}, 1], {Red, PointSize[0.02], Point[m[[t]]]}}], {t, 1, 2}], AnimationRunning -> False]