Re: named pattern variable scoped as global, should be local
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- Subject: [mg56798] Re: named pattern variable scoped as global, should be local
- From: Lee Newman <leenewm at umich.edu>
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 03:00:15 -0400 (EDT)
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Thanks everyone for the helpful comments...
-Lee
leenewman at gmail.com wrote:
> When using a named pattern variable within a module, it should be
> scoped locally within the pattern. However, this does not seem to work
> as advertised. For example, shouldn't the pattern variable x in the
> statements below be local to the pattern? Does anyone know whether
> this is a bug, or whether I am just missing something about the usage
> of variables in patterns/condition constructs?
>
> (* this returns 14! *)
> x = 7;
> Module[{x},{1, 2, 3} /. x_ -> 2x];
>
> (* this returns {2,4,6}, assuming q is not globally defined. *)
> Remove[q];
> Module[{q},{1, 2, 3} /. q_ -> 2q];
>
>
> Lee
>