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{SECT 0 {SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 9 "Function:" }{TEXT -1 66 " \+
flatten - entries of a structure involving lists, sets, or arrays" }}
{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 18 "Calling sequence:\n" }{MPLTEXT 0 21 14 "f
latten(expr);" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 11 "Parameters:" }}{PARA 0 "
" 0 "" {TEXT -1 2 "  " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 5 "expr " }{TEXT -1 16 "- the ex
pression" }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 12 "Description:" }}
{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 195 "This function takes a structure compose
d of sets, lists, arrays and/or tables, and returns its entries as a s
equence (an entry in this case being anything other than a set, list, \+
array or table)." }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 382 "The entries of an a
rray or table are returned in order of the indices, using numerical or
der for numerical indices and alphabetical order for indices that are \+
names.  The entries of a list or set are returned in their order withi
n the list or set (note that the order of elements in a set is arbitra
ry, but once the set exists in Maple its order will not change within \+
the session)." }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 106 "This function is part \+
of the Maple Advisor Database library, and must be loaded before use b
y the command " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 17 "readlib(flatten);" }{TEXT -1 1 "." 
}}}{SECT 0 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 9 "Examples:" }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> \+
" 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 17 "readlib(flatten):" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "
" {MPLTEXT 1 0 26 "flatten([\{\{a,b\},\{c,d\}\}]); " }}{PARA 11 "" 1 "
" {XPPMATH 20 "6&%\"aG%\"bG%\"cG%\"dG" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" 
{MPLTEXT 1 0 26 "M:= matrix([[1,2],[3,2]]);" }}{PARA 11 "" 1 "" 
{XPPMATH 20 "6#>%\"MG-%'MATRIXG6#7$7$\"\"\"\"\"#7$\"\"$F+" }}}{EXCHG 
{PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 11 "flatten(M);" }}{PARA 11 "" 1 "" 
{XPPMATH 20 "6&\"\"\"\"\"#\"\"$F$" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" 
{MPLTEXT 1 0 56 "Q:= array(1..2,1..2,1..2,[[[1,2],[3,4]],[[5,6],[7,8]]
]):" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 11 "flatten(Q);" }}
{PARA 11 "" 1 "" {XPPMATH 20 "6*\"\"\"\"\"#\"\"$\"\"%\"\"&\"\"'\"\"(\"
\")" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 26 "In the following example, " }
{MPLTEXT 0 21 1 "T" }{TEXT -1 86 " is implicitly constructed as a tabl
e by assigning values to its elements.  Note that " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 16 
"convert(T, list)" }{TEXT -1 62 " does not return the entries in the o
rder of the indices, but " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 10 "flatten(T)" }{TEXT -1 7 
" does. " }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 42 "T[1]:= first: T[
3]:= third: T[2]:= second:" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 
16 "convert(T,list);" }}{PARA 11 "" 1 "" {XPPMATH 20 "6#7%%&thirdG%&fi
rstG%'secondG" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 11 "flatten(T)
;" }}{PARA 11 "" 1 "" {XPPMATH 20 "6%%&firstG%'secondG%&thirdG" }}}}
{SECT 0 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 10 "See also: " }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" 
{HYPERLNK 17 "array" 2 "array" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "conv
ert(list)" 2 "convert,list" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "list" 
2 "list" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "set" 2 "set" "" }{TEXT -1 
2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "table" 2 "table" "" }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" 
{TEXT 26 23 "Maple Advisor Database " }{TEXT -1 15 " R. Israel 1998" }
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