The archive command stores the values of variables for later use in a file of your choosing.
For example, if the variable a has the value 2 and the variable bee has the value "letter" (a string), then entering
will create a file named “foo” which contains the values 2 and "letter" in a format meant to be efficiently read by Xcas.
The unarchive command will read the values from a file created with archive.
Example.
With the file “foo” as above:
Input:
Output:
⎡ ⎣ | 2,"letter" | ⎤ ⎦ |
If you want to reassign these values to a and bee, you can enter