Re: HoldForm[1*2*3] should give 1 x 2 x 3 not 2 x 3
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- Subject: [mg96895] Re: HoldForm[1*2*3] should give 1 x 2 x 3 not 2 x 3
- From: "Nasser Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org>
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:03:03 -0500 (EST)
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- Reply-to: "Nasser Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org>
"Q.E.D." <aoe at netzero.net> wrote in message news:go31o6$ffv$1 at smc.vnet.net... > HoldForm[] is loosing the 1* when it apparently should not: > > In[1]:= HoldForm[1*2*3] > Out[1]= 2 x 3 > Another interesting case, is if you replace the above with In[16]:= HoldForm[1*2*1] Out[16]= 1 2 1 So, adding a '1' at the end, brings back the '1' at the front? Mathematica 7.0 on Windows XP SP2 --Nasser