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Re: PatternMatching with Dt[]

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• Subject: [mg37296] Re: PatternMatching with Dt[]
• From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
• Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 04:47:21 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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• Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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Hi,

Dt[x] /. HoldPattern[Dt[arg_]] :> f[arg]

works fine.

Regards
  Jens

Johannes Ludsteck wrote:
> 
> I would like to replace Dt[x_] in a complex
> expression. For example consider
> 
> Dt[x]/.Dt[arg_]->f[arg]
> 
> where x is a pure Symbol (has no value).
> However, Mathematica refuses apply the rule.
> Various other attempts, for example
> Unevaluted[Dt[arg_]]:>f[arg]
> and HoldForm[...] were unsuccessful.
> 
> I managed to  circumvent the problem by
> Dt[x]/.Dt->fun
> However, I were more happy if I understood why the
> first attempt was not successful.
> Can someone explain?
> 
> Best regards,
>         Johannes Ludsteck
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