IgnoringInactive

IgnoringInactive[patt]

is a pattern object that, for purposes of pattern matching, ignores occurrences of Inactive in both patt and the expression being matched.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Replace all elements in a list that match a certain pattern:

Use IgnoringInactive to include a particular Inactive pattern:

Scope  (3)

By default, inactive symbols are excluded during pattern matching:

Use IgnoringInactive to include a particular Inactive pattern:

Find whether an expression matches a certain pattern:

Include a particular Inactive pattern:

Find whether an expression is free of a certain pattern:

Include a particular Inactive pattern:

Applications  (2)

Define a rule that applies to both active and Inactive objects:

The rule also works for an inactive int:

Define a multiplication rule for the logarithm:

The rule works for both active and inactive versions:

Wolfram Research (2014), IgnoringInactive, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnoringInactive.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), IgnoringInactive, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnoringInactive.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "IgnoringInactive." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnoringInactive.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). IgnoringInactive. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnoringInactive.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_ignoringinactive, author="Wolfram Research", title="{IgnoringInactive}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnoringInactive.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_ignoringinactive, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={IgnoringInactive}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IgnoringInactive.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}