Re: Re: Problem with collect
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- Subject: [mg6586] Re: [mg6439] Re: Problem with collect
- From: Daniel Lichtblau <danl>
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 02:11:36 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hans Steffani wrote:
> ...
> Take
>
> blah1 vv ss + blah2 vv ss +
> blah3 vv aa + blah4 vv aa +
> blah5 ss aa + blah6 ss aa
> Collect[%,{ss vv,vv aa,ss aa}]
>
> this produces
>
> aa blah5 ss + aa blah6 ss + aa blah3 vv + aa blah4 vv +
> blah1 ss vv + blah2 ss vv
>
> although I want
>
> aa vv(blah3+blah4) + ss vv(blah1+blah2) + ss aa(blah5+blah6)
>
> Collect[%,{ss,vv,aa}]
>
> produces
>
> aa (blah3 + blah4) vv + ss
> (aa (blah5 + blah6) + (blah1 + blah2) vv)
>
> which is not what I want.
>
> Hans Friedrich Steffani
> ....
This does what you want in version 3.
In[5]:= $Version
Out[5]= Linux 3.0 (March 30, 1997)
In[6]:= ee = blah1 vv ss + blah2 vv ss +
blah3 vv aa + blah4 vv aa +
blah5 ss aa + blah6 ss aa;
In[7]:= Collect[ee, {ss vv,vv aa,ss aa}]
Out[7]= aa (blah5 + blah6) ss + aa (blah3 + blah4) vv + (blah1 + blah2)
ss vv
Let me note that collecting with respect to "variables" that are
products or powers is a tricky business in general.
Daniel Lichtblau
Wolfram Research
danl at wolfram.com