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Re: Help with Hold

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• Subject: [mg100951] Re: [mg100917] Help with Hold
• From: Carl Woll <carlw at wolfram.com>
• Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:45:49 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <200906180852.EAA19966@smc.vnet.net>

Erich Neuwirth wrote:
> How can I transform
> Hold[x,Null,y,Null,Null]
> into
> {"x",Null,"y",Null,Null}
> even if x and/or y have assigned values?
>
>   
Here is one possibility:

In[907]:= Replace[
 Hold[x, Null, y, Null, Null], {Null -> Null,
  v_ :> With[{tmp = ToString[Unevaluated[v]]}, tmp /; True]}, {1}]

Out[907]= Hold["x", Null, "y", Null, Null]

Carl

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  • Help with Hold
    • From: Erich Neuwirth <erich.neuwirth@univie.ac.at>