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Color-Coding in Formulas

As you put things into a formula, some of them change color to let you know that Fathom has recognized it as special.

Thing

Color

Example

Attribute names

Maroon

Measure names

Purple

Function names

Blue

Global values (slider names)

Brown

(randomBinomial is a function. n and probability are slider names.)

Constants

Red

(true and false are constants.)

Units

Green

(m and s are the units meters and seconds.)

Icon names

Tan


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