NHoldRest
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Prevent N from affecting all but the first argument of a function:
Scope (2)
Applications (1)
Define a function that represents the real-valued root for positive
and positive integer
:
Prevent its second argument from being converted to real using NHoldRest:
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), NHoldRest, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NHoldRest.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "NHoldRest." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NHoldRest.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). NHoldRest. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NHoldRest.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_nholdrest, author="Wolfram Research", title="{NHoldRest}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NHoldRest.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_nholdrest, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={NHoldRest}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NHoldRest.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}