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Re: How to separate a sum into terms

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  • Subject: [mg92059] Re: How to separate a sum into terms
  • From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:25:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Slaa,

you need simply to change the Head "Plus" of the expression to "List", 

using e.g. Apply:

List@@ expression

hope this helps, Daniel



Slava Rychkov wrote:

> Hi!

> 

> I want to separate a Mathematica expression written as a sum into 

> separate terms

> E.g. for

> 

> a+b-c+f[1]-g[a]/g[b]

> 

> I want to get a list

> 

> {a,b,-c,f[1],-g[a]/g[b]}

> 

> Is there a simple way to do this?

> 

> Thanks,





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