Re: Converting an expression to a list of terms?
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- Subject: [mg71500] Re: [mg71463] Converting an expression to a list of terms?
- From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:12:03 -0500 (EST)
- References: <200611200743.CAA09240@smc.vnet.net>
On Nov 20, 2006, at 2:43 AM, AES wrote:
> How to convert an expression consisting of a sum of terms in an Output
> cell:
>
> A + B - C + . . .
>
> (where A, B, C are themselves product expressions) to a list
>
> {A, B, -C, . . . }
>
> in some easier fashion than doing it by hand using Find and Replace?
My newbie approach would be:
In[1]:=
expr = a + b - c + d - e;
In[2]:=
Table[expr[[i]],
{i, 1, Length[expr]}]
Out[2]=
{a, b, -c, d, -e}
János
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- Converting an expression to a list of terms?