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Re: Clearing a symbol known only through a definition

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• Subject: [mg66684] Re: [mg66658] Clearing a symbol known only through a definition
• From: "Fred Simons" <f.h.simons at tue.nl>
• Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 03:51:16 -0400 (EDT)
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Andrew,

Is this what you are looking for in your first question?

First execute

a=b;b=3;a

The result of course is 3.

Then execute

Hold[a] /. OwnValues[a][[1]] /. Hold -> Clear

Evaluating a now returns b.

Regards,

Fred Simons
Eindhoven University of Technology

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  • Clearing a symbol known only through a definition
    • From: Andrew Moylan <andrew.moylan@anu.edu.au>