Re: Re: More /.{I->-1} craziness
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- Subject: [mg106244] Re: [mg106199] Re: More /.{I->-1} craziness
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 05:58:38 -0500 (EST)
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Unlike "The Mathematica Book", we don't read "Doc Center" in order, or even, really, notice that there IS an order. Bobby On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:43:00 -0600, Vince Virgilio <blueschi at gmail.com> wrote: > Fred, > > > On Jan 4, 6:01 am, Fred Klingener <gigabitbuc... at BrockEng.com> wrote: > > SNIP > >> further mention that that hidden level can be discovered even by an >> "unsophisticated user" as the output of //FullForm would be like >> sharing the secret handshake. >> >> First line in tutorial/Applying TransformationRules: >> >> expr/.lhs->rhs apply a transformation rule to FullForm[expr] > > SNIP > > True. > > However, for what it's worth, FullForm appears straightforwardly in > the Doc Center: > > In Doc Center . . . > First section is "Core Language" > First bullet is "Language Overview" > First link is "Symbolic Expressions" > First documented command is "FullForm" > > Then a one-liner for ReplaceAll occurs a few lines down. Yes, as you > say, the one-liner needs an edit. > > I think this doc structure qualifies Mathematica as sufficiently > "discoverable" [*]. > > Vince Virgilio > > [*] I.e. 3rd bullet, second section, at: > http://accu.org/index.php/journals/1572 > -- DrMajorBob at yahoo.com