Re: Selecting left hand sides from assignments
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- Subject: [mg97833] Re: Selecting left hand sides from assignments
- From: Raffy <raffy at mac.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:03:14 -0500 (EST)
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On Mar 22, 3:47 am, "E. Martin-Serrano" <eMartinSerr... at telefonica.net> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: E. Martin-Serrano [mailto:eMartinSerr... at telefonica.net] > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:58 AM > Subject: Selecting left hand sides from assignments > > >Hi, > >I need help on the following. > >From the list of assignments: > >assignmentslist = {LHS1 = RHS1, LHS2 = RHS2, LHS3 = RHS3, ..., L= HSi = RHSi, > > ..., LHSn = RSHn} > > >I need to extract all the left hand sides (symbols) within a list like: > >lhslist = {LHS, LHS2, LHS3, ..., LHSi, ..., LHSn} > >Where the left hand sides are all symbols and the right hand sides are a= ny > > expression. > > >E. Martin-Serrano > > ------------------------------------------- > > Hi again, > > In dealing with the subject of my post above I came across the article (i= n > notebook form) by Robby Villegas (Wolfram Research) about Working with > Unevaluated Expressions, which begins: > > "Most experienced Mathematica programmers will eventually encounter tasks= or > applications in which they need to manipulate expressions without letting > them evaluate. (=85) Since Mathematica automatically evaluates argument= s and > return values of functions, building up a result without exposing > intermediate stages of work to the evaluator requires subtle techniques t= hat > even seasoned Mathematica programmers sometimes find elusive. In this > tutorial, I will demonstrate situations in which evaluation control is > important, pointing out common pitfalls and providing useful tools and > techniques along the way." > > Before posting my question above, I have spent some time looking for my o= wn > way to the solution but I did not get to prevent the lhs of assignments f= rom > being assigned at all. The lack of responses to my question tells me that > either it is fairly clumsy or there is not an easy answer. So I insist. > > One of the sources I consulted in my search was the Robby's article > mentioned above. However the only thing I found in it about *Set* and > *SetDelay* tells me that these are not the easiest clauses or commands to= be > "manipulated" in the way I want. Robby Villegas himself ends the article > with some remarks about "Left-hand side of but leaving them without any > treatment; insisting in how special they are and saying that both command= s > can be made more flexible. Then he announces that he will expand the arti= cle > to solve the following issues: > > - Evaluate certain parts of *SetDelayed* rhs as exceptions. > - Don't evaluate certain parts of *Set* rhs as exceptions. > > Robby finally says: "I will include these examples in the next revision o= f > this document (Working with Unevaluated Expressions)." > > Now, since "leaving unevaluated certain parts of *Set* rhs as exceptions"= is > the main part of the solution to my problem, my question is: > > Does anyone know whether Robby Villegas wrote his next revision of the > document including the new material, and, if so, where I could find it? > > The Robby Villegas's notebook was referenced in the last version that I k= now > of the Ted Ersek Tricks. > > I hope Robby himself read this post. > > Best regards > > E. martin-Serrano. assignmentList = Hold[a = 1, b = 2, c = 3]; Apply assignments: ReleaseHold[assignmentList]; Get LHS: assignmentList[[All, 1]] ==> Hold[a, b, c] I'll gladly explain more and/or alternative methods if you supply a better example and explain why/how you are using this mechanism.
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