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Re: Is this a bug?

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  • Subject: [mg13386] Re: Is this a bug?
  • From: jfreeze at lexmark.com
  • Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:32:32 -0400
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

The following seems to be a bug. In the first example, both the true and
the false parts of If are being evaluated. In the secon example, only
the true part. If this is not a bug, could someone please explain this
behavior to me. Thanks

In[1]:=
     Clear[x,y];
    
If[True,Evaluate[ToExpression["x=5"]],Evaluate[ToExpression["y=5"]]];
     Print[x,y];
Out[1]:=
     55
In[2]:=
     Clear[x,y];
     If[True,x=5,y=5];
     Print[x,y];
Out[2]:=
     5y



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