Re: Length of a held expression
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- Subject: [mg96540] Re: [mg96524] Length of a held expression
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:55:18 -0500 (EST)
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If for some reason you do not like to use Block, here is another
pretty simple way:
b = Sequence[1, 2];
Length @@ ReplacePart[Hold[{b, 3}], {i_, j_} :> xx]
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Andrzej Kozlowski
On 15 Feb 2009, at 10:44, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote:
> I don't know whether this will suit your purpose (because I do not
> know what your purpose is) but by far the simplest way to get what
> you appear to want is:
>
> b = Sequence[1, 2];
>
> Block[{b}, Length[{b, 3}]]
> 2
>
>
> Andrzej Kozlowski
>
>
>
> On 15 Feb 2009, at 09:23, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> How can I get the length of a list in a Hold[] expression? I.e. if
>>
>> b = Sequence[1,2];
>>
>> then I want the length of {b,3} given as 2. But
>>
>> Length[{b,3}]
>>
>> gives me the length after splicing in b (which is 4), while
>>
>> Length[Hold[{b,3}]]
>>
>> gives me the length of the hold expression (which is 1).
>>
>>
>> Anyone able to help?
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -Nikolaus
>>
>> --
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>>
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- From: Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>
- Length of a held expression