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RE: Union[{0},{0.}] = {0,0.}?

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  • Subject: [mg12706] RE: [mg12662] Union[{0},{0.}] = {0,0.}?
  • From: Ersek_Ted%PAX1A at mr.nawcad.navy.mil
  • Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 02:20:58 -0400
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farr at brown.edu    wrote:
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|Union[{0},{0.}] = {0,0.}.
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|Why?
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|I would like the above to return only {0}. |
|The root of the problem is that Mathematica thinks they are the same: |
|SameQ[{0},{0.}] = False
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|How can I get around this?  The following doesn't help either. |
|Union[{ N[0] },{0.}] = {0,0.}
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You can specify a SameTest to get the result you want. The default
(Automatic) is ambiguous.  Based on the results you get it seems  like
the default (Automatic) is actually (SameQ).  Wouldn't it be nice if it
would simply say
Out[1]= {SameTest\[Rule]SameQ}   ??


In[1]:=
Options[Union]

Out[1]=
{SameTest\[Rule]Automatic}

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The (SameTest) below will do what you want.

In[2]:=
compare[x_,y_]:=
    If[ x===y || (x===0&&y===0.0) || (x===0.0&&y===0),
    True, False]


In[3]:=
Clear[x,y];
Union[ {1, 0.0, 2, x, 0, 0, 1, y, 2, 2, 1, 0.0},  SameTest->compare ]

Out[3]=
{0,1,2,x,y}


Ted Ersek



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