Re: Convert Products to Lists
- To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg1151] Re: Convert Products to Lists
- From: ianc (Ian Collier)
- Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 05:59:27 -0400
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc
In article <newsclip4413p8ssc$6cr at news0.cybernetics.net>,
bob at zim.uoregon.edu (Robert Zimmerman) wrote:
> Is it possible to convert a product of numbers to a list of numbers.
> It can be done for symbols,
>
>
> a b c //.Times->List
> {a, b, c}
>
> but it doesn't work for numbers
>
> 2 4 6//.Times->List
> 48
>
Try using HoldForm:
In[72]:=
?HoldForm
HoldForm[expr] prints as the expression expr, with expr
maintained in an unevaluated form.
In[73]:=
HoldForm[2 4 6]/.Times->List
Out[73]=
{2, 4, 6}
I hope this helps,
--Ian
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