How to Hold a Form function

Asked Jan 16 '22 at 12:20

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For Example

Hold[HoldForm[FullForm[x]]]

Out[1]=Hold[\!\(\* TagBox[ TagBox[ StyleBox["x", ShowSpecialCharacters->False, ShowStringCharacters->True, NumberMarks->True], FullForm], HoldForm]\)]

It is as if "Hold" evaluated Forms first, there's almost nothing that can stop the evaluation of MatrixForms, I've tried: Hold, HoldAll, Inactivate, HoldForm.

Surprisingly ToBoxes[MatrixForm[x] // FullForm][[1, 1]] Appers to "Hold" the result better than Hold

asked Jan 16 '22 at 12:20

Rainb

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HoldForm[__] is prints its content even inside Hold. Try Hold[HoldForm[FullForm[x]]] // FullForm – Daniel Huber Jan 16 '22 at 13:09
I must admit mathematica evaluation is very confusing, but this solved it for this small example – Rainb Jan 16 '22 at 14:05
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I've been there, does it address your problem?: https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/q/114305/5478 – Kuba Jan 17 '22 at 04:20
@Kuba wow, that's a lot! Thank you. – Rainb Jan 17 '22 at 06:40

How to Hold a Form function

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