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ReplaceList and //.

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  • Subject: [mg73569] ReplaceList and //.
  • From: Mr Ajit Sen <senra99 at yahoo.co.uk>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:29:16 -0500 (EST)

Dear Mathgroup,

 Could someone please enlighten me as to when I should
use  ReplaceList and when to use //.  in pattern
matching.

  Thus, if  Y = a x^2/b^3,  then

   ReplaceList[Y, a^m_. x^n_. b^p_. :> z 
    b^(p + 1) a^(m - 1) x^(n - 1)][[1]]

 as well as 
   
  Y //. a^m_. x^n_. b^p_. :> z b^(p + 1) a^(m - 1)
x^(n - 1)
  
give the same result.

 However,

     ReplaceList[a*b*c, {(x_)*(y_) -> x^y, (x_)*(y_)
-> x + y}]

 and 
      a*b*c //. {(x_)*(y_) :> x^y, (x_y)*_ :> x + y}

  yield different outputs.

 What am I missing here?

  Thanks in advance.


  Ajit Sen.





		
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