Re: Replace, test question
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- Subject: [mg120351] Re: Replace, test question
- From: Heike Gramberg <heike.gramberg at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:00:02 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <201107181013.GAA26882@smc.vnet.net>
With a pattern /; test construct you get a positive match if test itself = evaluates to True, not test[pattern], so in this case you would want test to be PrimeQ[x], not PrimeQ, e.g. {58, 61, 15, 66, 10, 2, 24, 81, 45, 84} /. x_ /; PrimeQ[x] -> P You could also have used a PatternTest which is of the form = pattern?test, where you get a positive match if test[pattern] is True, so in this case {58, 61, 15, 66, 10, 2, 24, 81, 45, 84} /. x_?PrimeQ -> P would give the same result as above. Heike On 18 Jul 2011, at 11:13, PA32R wrote: > I'm very new to Mathematica and trying to work my way through it. I > don't understand why: > {58, 61, 15, 66, 10, 2, 24, 81, 45, 84} /. x_ /; PrimeQ -> P > returns: > {58, 61, 15, 66, 10, 2, 24, 81, 45, 84} > > I would expect it to take the list, replace everything in the list > that matches any pattern and passes the PrimeQ test, i.e., is prime, > with P to yield: > {58, P, 15, 66, 10, P, 14, 81, 45, 84} > > Can someone explain my misunderstanding? > > Thanks. >
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- Replace, test question