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Re: Help with Hold

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• Subject: [mg100936] Re: [mg100917] Help with Hold
• From: Oliver Ruebenkoenig <ruebenko at wolfram.com>
• Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:19:01 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <200906180852.EAA19966@smc.vnet.net>

Hello Erich,

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Erich Neuwirth wrote:

> How can I transform
> Hold[x,Null,y,Null,Null]
> into
> {"x",Null,"y",Null,Null}
> even if x and/or y have assigned values?
>
>

does this help:

SetAttributes[toStr, HoldAll]
toStr[Null] := Null
toStr[s_] := ToString[SymbolName[Unevaluated[s]]]

{ ReleaseHold[ toStr /@ Hold[x, Null, y, Null, Null] ] }



Oliver

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  • Help with Hold
    • From: Erich Neuwirth <erich.neuwirth@univie.ac.at>