st: funny behaviour of _N

["Ashim Kapoor" <ashimkapoor@gmail.com>]

Hello everyone,

Please compare the following 2 code snippets : -

1.

local num=_N
replace a=b in `num'

2.

replace a=b in _N

Surprisingly only the 1st one works ! Could some one tell me why ?

Thank you,
Ashim
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