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Pattern gremlins.

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  • Subject: [mg55090] Pattern gremlins.
  • From: Josef Karthauser <joe at tao.org.uk>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:36:37 -0500 (EST)
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I obviously don't understand patterns like I thought that I did.

Can someone tell me why this matches,

    In:		a b c d e f g /. d f :> yes
    Out:	a b c e f g yes

but this doesn't,

    In:		a b c d e f g /. x:d f :> yes
    Out:	a b c d e f g

?

Joe
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