Re: ReplaceAll applied to List
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- Subject: [mg72320] Re: ReplaceAll applied to List
- From: "ben" <benjamin.friedrich at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 05:38:31 -0500 (EST)
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Hi
ReplaceAll using AtomQ is applied to all subexpressions, including
heads.
Thats why a list (head=List) is changed into g[something] with head g.
I do not have an elegant solution, but this should work
mylist = {1, {2}};
If[ListQ[#], #, f[#]] & /@ mylist
Alternatively
f[x_?NumericQ] := 2x
f[x_?ListQ] := x
f/@mylist
Bye
Ben
Hannes Kessler schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I want to apply transformation rules to those elements of a list which
> are not lists themselves. The structure of the list is unknown in
> advance.
>
> The following simple examples illustrate my my problems with ReplaceAll
> and List:
>
> Expected result:
> {1., {2}, 3} /. x_?NumericQ :> g
> --> {g,{g},g}
>
> Unexpected result - inspite of AtomQ[{1., {2}, 3}] giving False
> {1., {2}, 3} /. x_?AtomQ :> g
> --> g[g, g[g], g]
>
> Similarly unexpected result - inspite of Not[ListQ[{1., {2}, 3}]]
> giving False
> {1., {2}, 3} /. x_?(Not[ListQ[#]] &) :> g
> --> g[g, g[g], g]
>
> Any explanations for this behavior?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Hannes Kessler
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