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 ReplaceAllUnheld

Source Notebook

Apply replacement rules to evaluated parts of expression

Contributed by: Wolfram Research

ResourceFunction["ReplaceAllUnheld"][expr,rules]

applies a rule or list of rules in an attempt to transform each subpart of expr that would be automatically evaluated.

Details and Options

ReplaceAll operates on all subparts of an expression; ResourceFunction["ReplaceAllUnheld"] operates only on those subparts that would normally be evaluated.

Examples

Basic Examples

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ResourceFunction["ReplaceAllUnheld"][If[a, a, a], a -> b]
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Scope (2) 

Functions that hold some of their arguments:

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SetAttributes[hf, HoldFirst]
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SetAttributes[hr, HoldRest]
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ResourceFunction["ReplaceAllUnheld"][{hf[x, x], hr[x, x]}, x -> 1]
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Explicitly held expressions:

In[5]:=
ResourceFunction["ReplaceAllUnheld"][{x, Hold[x], Unevaluated[x]}, x -> 1]
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Properties and Relations (1) 

ReplaceAll applies the replacement rules to all arguments, whether held or evaluated:

In[6]:=
ReplaceAll[If[x, x, x], x -> 1]
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Possible Issues (1) 

No replacement happens, since ReplaceAllUnheld does not itself have have any Hold attributes:

In[7]:=
a := Random[]
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ResourceFunction["ReplaceAllUnheld"][If[a, a, a], a -> b]
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In[9]:=
Attributes[ ResourceFunction["ReplaceAllUnheld"]]
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Requirements

Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 27 February 2019

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