Re: Behavior of Longest
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- Subject: [mg107932] Re: [mg107909] Behavior of Longest
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 05:51:07 -0500 (EST)
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The second example really does look wrong:
{1, 2} /. Longest[x__Integer] :> {x}
{{1}, {2}}
Bobby
{1, 2} /. Shortest[x__Integer]:>{x} gives {{1}, {2}}
On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:54:27 -0600, dh <dh at metrohm.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> can somebody give an explanation for the following behavior of Longest
> (Mathematica version 7.0.1):
> {1, 2} /. Longest[x__Integer]:>{x} gives {{1}, {2}}
>
> the same as Shortest:
> {1, 2} /. Shortest[x__Integer]:>{x} gives {{1}, {2}}
>
> However, it works like expected in the following case:
> {a, 1, 2, b} /. {x1___, Longest[x__Integer], x2___} :> {x1, {x}, x2}
> gives: {a, {1, 2}, b}
>
> looks like a bug to me.
>
> Daniel
>
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- Behavior of Longest
- From: dh <dh@metrohm.com>
- Behavior of Longest