Linked Questions
12 questions linked to/from Strange behavior with Cases and Position with SetDelayed
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Nested rules and automatic renaming of variables [duplicate]
I understand why $ happens here:
ClearAll[foo]
foo[a_] := (x_ :> a x)
foo[1]
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Enforcing correct variable bindings and avoiding renamings for conflicting variables in nested scoping constructs
Using global variables the following turns an "expression" into a Function:
expr = 2 x;
Function[x, Evaluate[expr]]
Of course ...
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Scraping High-Res images from the MoMA and the Van Gogh Museum websites
Many art websites allow the user to zoom into an image to see it at high resolution by using image tiles. It is great on the website, but presents problems if one wishes to compile a complete high ...
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I define a variable as local to a module BUT then the module uses its global value! Why?
I have a question about modules and local variables.
Here's my example:
h = 5;
Module[{a, h}, a[h_]= h^2; a[4]]
(*Out[2] = 25*)
I expected the module to ...
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1answer
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StringReplace, ReplaceAll and Rule interact in a bizarre way
I have the following pair of things:
ClearAll[foo, labeledFoo];
labeledFoo = {"FooBarBazQuux", foo};
This works like you'd expect:
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Exhaustive examples of variable replacement due to nested scoping constructs
Consider the following examples, where I have replaced dollar signs in the output by a D.
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1answer
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Scoping problem? [duplicate]
Why
(f[1, 0] /. {x : 0 | 1 :> 1 - x}) -> 0
returns (expectedly) f[0, 1] -> 0, while
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1answer
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Inconsistent application of replacement rule
I want to use a replacement rule to change log[var] into var inside a function. A minimal example follows. In one case it ...
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Why does `… := With[{var = …}, …]` create `var$`?
EDIT
This issue is specifically different from the "duplicate" question. The creation of variables in the active context during parsing is of no surprise and is the expected behavior.
What I'm ...
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1answer
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ReplaceAll Wierdness
I've come across some weirdness in ReplaceAll. Replacement works fine outside of a module, but inside the module some replacements don't occur where one might expect them to.
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Strange Replace problem within RuleDelayed within function [duplicate]
I've run into a strange anomaly with Replace when it is performed inside the first argument of RuleDelayed within a function ...