Re: Help with Hold
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- Subject: [mg100976] Re: Help with Hold
- From: Peter Breitfeld <phbrf at t-online.de>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:50:28 -0400 (EDT)
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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? > Do you want something like this: stringList[expr_]:= List @@ Fold[ReplacePart[#1, #2 -> Extract[#1, #2, ToString]] &, expr, Reverse[Sort[pos]]] // InputForm Clear[x,y] hh=Hold[x,Null,y,Null,Null] In= stringList[hh] Out={"x", "Null", "y", "Null", Null} In= y=2; stringLst[hh] Out={"x", "Null", "2", "Null", Null} -- _________________________________________________________________ Peter Breitfeld, Bad Saulgau, Germany -- http://www.pBreitfeld.de