Re: HoldForm[1*2*3] should give 1 x 2 x 3 not 2 x 3
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- Subject: [mg96846] Re: HoldForm[1*2*3] should give 1 x 2 x 3 not 2 x 3
- From: yatesd at mac.com
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:53:55 -0500 (EST)
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I think the answer is probably hinted at in the help to HoldComplete (which holds more than HoldForm, but still displays the behaviour you have mentioned). "HoldComplete affects only evaluation; input transformations are still applied:" Times[1,2,3] -> Times[2,3] is likely an "input transformation" rather than an evaluation