[julia-users] Re: f(x)=ax2+bx+c ; if b = 0; ERROR: syntax: malformed expression

[Alex]

Julia is probably expecting you to give a hex-number (like 0x01). This 
collides with the syntactic sugar for multiplication. You can use another 
variable name though:
f(y) = 3y^2 - 0y + 2

Best,

Alex.