glob pattern in rules

Question

HI Folks,

I have an expression such as

   foo := t0 A + t2 B + t13 C;

and I like to easily replace each of the t* scalars with 1. So my target result is

   foo := A + B + C;

Using something like

   substitute (foo, $t? -> 1$)

fails because it replaces all objects with 1, not just the scalars. Is there a simple way to do this properly for any expression like the above, no matter how many terms?

Cheers, Leo

Answer 1

Try

foo := t0 A + t2 B + t13 C;
substitute(foo, $t? | \regex{t?}{"t[0-9]*"} -> 1$);

The structure of this replacement rule is described in the reference guide chapter on patterns.

Comments

Hi Kasper,

Many thanks for the quick reply. That page has all the details that I need, many thanks. I have a vague recollection that I've seen this page before but I can't seem to find it by navigating from the cadabra.science web page.

Cheers, Leo

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It always was in the old reference guide, and I put it on the web under 'manual' this morning

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I just refreshed my browser, now I can see the page. Thanks.

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Sorry, help, not manual. That by itself shows that this needs fixing...