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Re: Replace & Rationalize

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  • Subject: [mg121559] Re: Replace & Rationalize
  • From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:07:59 -0400 (EDT)
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RuleDelayed is the key:

{0., 1.} /. x_ /; IntegerQ[Rationalize[x]] :> Rationalize[x]

{0, 1}

Your original (second) expression failed because

Rationalize[x]

x

hence your expression was (or may as well have been)

{0., 1.} /. x_ /; IntegerQ[Rationalize[x]] -> x

{0., 1.}

Bobby

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:10:01 -0500, Chris Degnen <degnen at cwgsy.net> wrote:

> Further to a question on Stack Overflow I noticed a puzzling
> evaluation.  Why does the second expression generate reals?
>
> (x \[Function]
>    If[IntegerQ[Rationalize[x]], Rationalize[x], x]) /@ {0., 1.}
>
> {0., 1.} /. x_ /; IntegerQ[Rationalize[x]] -> Rationalize[x]
>
>
>


-- 
DrMajorBob at yahoo.com




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