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splice

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

splice (a)

Description

Splices (interpolates) the list named by the atom a into an expression, but only if splice appears within buildq; otherwise, splice is treated as an undefined function. If appearing within buildq as a alone (without splice), a is substituted (not interpolated) as a list into the result. The argument of splice can only be an atom; it cannot be a literal list or an expression which yields a list.

Typically splice supplies the arguments for a function or operator. For a function f, the expression f (splice (a)) within buildq expands to f (a[1], a[2], a[3], ...). For an operator o, the expression "o" (splice (a) within buildq expands to "o" (a[1], a[2], a[3], ...), where o may be any type of operator (typically one which takes multiple arguments). Note that the operator must be enclosed in double quotes ".

Examples

(%i1) buildq ([x: [1, %pi, z - y]], foo (splice (x)) / length (x));
                       foo(1, %pi, z - y)
(%o1)                -----------------------
                     length([1, %pi, z - y])
(%i2) buildq ([x: [1, %pi]], "/" (splice (x)));
                                1
(%o2)                          ---
                               %pi
(%i3) matchfix ("<>", "<>");
(%o3)                          <>
(%i4) buildq ([x: [1, %pi, z - y]], "<>" (splice (x)));
(%o4)                   <>1, %pi, z - y<>
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