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Re: counting number of variables in an expression

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  • Subject: [mg108634] Re: counting number of variables in an expression
  • From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:08:35 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Rob,
assuming all your constants are numeric, you could e.g. try:
Length@Union@Cases[Sin[x1 + x2] x3 + x1^3, _Symbol, Infinity]

Daniel

On 25.03.2010 10:27, Rob wrote:
> Is there a straightforward way to count the number of variables in an
> expression? If it makes any difference what I'm looking at is the
> product of several polynomials in many variables with rational
> coefficients.
>


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