Re: Naming pieces of patterns
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- Subject: [mg29841] Re: Naming pieces of patterns
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 04:19:22 -0400 (EDT)
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Cyril,
Unevaluated[-(1/(2a))]/. HoldPattern[ 1/(2 a)]\[Rule]A
-A
Unevaluated[{(a+b),-(a+b)}]/.a+b\[Rule] e
{e, -e}
Unevaluated[{-Sqrt[a+b],1/Sqrt[a+b]}]/.HoldPattern[Sqrt[a+b]]\[Rule]e
{-e, 1/e}
Unevaluated[{I,2 I,-I}]/.HoldPattern[I]\[Rule]J
{J, 2*J, -J}
{I,2 I,-I}/.Complex[0,y_]->y J
{J, 2*J, -J}
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Allan
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"Cyril Fischer" <fischerc at itam.cas.cz> wrote in message
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> How can I as simply as possible use "substitutions"
> 1.
> -(I/(2 a)) /. I/(2 a) -> A
> does not work, while
> (I/(2 a)) /. I/(2 a) -> A
> works well
>
> 2.
> {(a + b), -(a + b)}/. a + b -> e
> gives
> {e, -a - b}
> instead of {e,-e}
>
> 3.
> {-Sqrt[a + b], 1/Sqrt[a + b]} /. Sqrt[a + b] -> e
> gives
> {-e,1/Sqrt[a + b]}
>
> 4.
> {I, 2 I, -I} /. I -> J
> gives
> {J, 2 \[ImaginaryI], -\[ImaginaryI]}
>
> I know _why_ these cases do not work, but I would like to know, if there
> is a possibilty to use a common pattern rule to substitute all
> occurences of an expression.
>
> Thank you,
> Cyril Fischer
>
>