ok fair enough.  Did it work for you in 2016.0?

@acer hey I forgot about CharacterMap.  I put one together but currently at work so can share code in the morning, probably not as efficient as CharacterMap.

Look at ?StringTools in particular the Shift command will be of some help.  The Rotate command could also be of use.  It will take a little programming on your part to complete the project.

In the Maple help file there is exact commands for what you are doing but I'm guessing you have to come up with a way to do it without using that exact command.

@YasH cat concatenates the comma delimited numbers into a symbol and parse returns that back into a mathematical number.

@mapleatha I'm not completely understanding what you are asking.  If you need to continue math operations with str, which has converted the math to a string, you need to convert it back to math by using parse.

Maybe Quandl has changed the format of it's website?

Does this application work for anyone else in 2015?

I tried on 2016 and 2015 and I got the same error for both. 

@dharr yes exactly.

The Maple help page doesn't detail the entire situation regarding geometry[distance].  You can definitely use the short form of it by loading with(geometry,distance) but it seems of no use without the format of points created from the geometry package, and so without also loading (geometry,points) distance is no use by itself.

@peter2108 

actually I am mistaken there is no bug

the point command is an extra command that needs also to be loaded in.

with(geomtery,point,distance)

                      [distance, point]

point(a,2,3):

point(b,1,1):

distance(a,b)

                   sqrt(5)

I think there is a bug here. 

with(geometry,distance)
                                    [ distance ]

point(a,2,3):

point(b,1,1):

distance(a,b)

Error, (in geometry:-distance) wrong type of arguments

The command distance in the package geometry does not get loaded.  Loading the full package with(geometry), however, works.

@Will Any way to keep the english setting?

My browser is recently loading only French and each page I have to constantly change back to english ... rrrggghhhh!

@adrian5213 

p() generates the random number

m:=convert(p(),binary)  converts that number to binary

binNo I believe is in error and should be replaced with bn or INSTEAD replace the first line bn with binNo
ie randBinSum:=proc( binNo )

@marc sancandi

So just to get a quick summary a discrepancy exists between 7.5 and 8.3 seconds? 

I'm not completely up to date but could this be a similar issue that occured in a heat example where the dissipative term wasn't properly working until it was "nudged" by introducing a valid 2nd ode?

It seems to be the radical that makes it harder to factor

b := (3*s+sqrt(9*s^2+32))^2

expand(b)

..actually it exists all the way back to M13