WOLFRAM

Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center

Except[c]

is a pattern object which represents any expression except one that matches c.

Except[c,p]

represents any expression that matches p but not c.

Details
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
Scope  
Applications  
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
Related Links
History
Cite this Page

Except

Except[c]

is a pattern object which represents any expression except one that matches c.

Except[c,p]

represents any expression that matches p but not c.

Details

Examples

open all close all

Basic Examples  (2)

This gives all elements except 0:

Delete all nonvowel characters from a string:

Scope  (2)

Except works with patterns and string patterns:

Constraints on patterns:

Applications  (3)

Get all non-integers:

Find words containing nonword characters:

Strip off all tags "<...>" from an HTML document:

Wolfram Research (2004), Except, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Except.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2004), Except, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Except.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2004. "Except." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Except.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2004). Except. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Except.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_except, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Except}", year="2004", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Except.html}", note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_except, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Except}, year={2004}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Except.html}, note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}