Re: Sequence and Or
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 - Subject: [mg34190] Re: Sequence and Or
 - From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
 - Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 05:15:50 -0400 (EDT)
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Bob,
I get
    {True,False,True}
    Or@@%
    Sequence@@%
    Or[%]
        {True,False,True}
        True
        True
        True
The second output is from Or@@<first output> = Or@@{{True,False,True} ->
Or[True,False,True] --> True
The third output is from Sequence@@<second output> = Sequence@@True --> True
(Apply acts on FullForms, compare f@@a)
The forth output is from Or[<third output>] = Or[True] --> True
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Allan
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"DrBob" <majort at cox-internet.com> wrote in message
news:abaf3c$s3n$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> When I evaluate the following...
>
> {True,False,True}
> Or@@%
> Sequence@@%
> Or[%]
>
> the outputs are:
>
> {True,False,True}
> True
> Sequence[True,False,True]
> Sequence[True,False,True]
>
> while I had expected:
>
> {True,False,True}
> True
> Sequence[True,False,True]
> True
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Bobby Treat
>
>
>