Re: ReplaceAll and BlankNullSequence
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg100542] Re: ReplaceAll and BlankNullSequence
- From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 05:02:38 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <h0d6tt$sqe$1@smc.vnet.net>
Philip R Dutton wrote:
> I keep getting {1} when I try to do a simple replacement with this code:
>
> {kevinbacon, iscool} /. {x___, iscool} -> {x}
>
> Why doesn't the output show {kevinbacon} ???
>
Most likely x was set to 1. Use :> instead of ->.