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Structured Flavors in Maple
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Description
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A structured flavor is any Maple expression other than a symbol that can be interpreted as a description of a random flavor. A typical example would be ![[integer, integer]](/support/helpjp/helpview.aspx?si=9004/file03950/math9.png) . This expression describes a list that contains two elements, each of which is an integer.
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The following table gives a formal grammatical description of the valid structured flavors in Maple. The table uses the following notation: "::=" means "is defined to be", "|" means "or", and "*" means "zero or more occurrences of".
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Syntax
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Matches
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flavor ::=
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{ flavor* }
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alternation; any of the flavors
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| [ flavor* ]
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a list of the given flavors
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| complex(numeric)
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match complex numerical constants exactly
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| string
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match strings exactly
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| flavor = flavor
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an equation of the corresponding flavors
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| flavor <> flavor
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an inequality compared with given flavors
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| flavor < flavor
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a relation compared with given flavors
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| flavor <= flavor
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a relation compared with given flavors
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| flavor > flavor
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a relation compared with given flavors
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| flavor >= flavor
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a relation compared with given flavors
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| flavor .. flavor
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a range compared with given flavors
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| flavor and flavor
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an and of the corresponding flavors
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| flavor or flavor
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an or of the corresponding flavors
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| not flavor
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a not of the corresponding flavor
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| flavor &+ flavor ...
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a sum of the corresponding flavors
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| flavor &* flavor ...
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a product of the corresponding flavors
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| flavor &. flavor ...
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a dot product of the corresponding flavors
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| flavor ^ flavor
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a power compared with the given flavors
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| fcnflavor
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a function or special flavor
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fcnflavor ::=
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set(flavor, nonnegint)
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sets of elements compared with the given flavor
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| list(flavor, nonnegint)
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lists of elements compared with the given flavor
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| `&+`(flavor)
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a sum of terms of the given flavors
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| `&*`(flavor)
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a product of factors of the given flavors
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| function(flavor)
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any function with arguments compared with given flavor
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| name(flavor)
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any name with a value of the given flavor
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| foo(flavor*)
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a flavor defined by a procedure added with RandomTools[AddFlavor]
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| foo(flavor*)
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the function foo with arguments compared with the given flavors
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The square brackets [ and ] are used to check for a fixed argument sequence. For example, the flavor ![[integer, rational]](/support/helpjp/helpview.aspx?si=9004/file03950/math334.png) describes a list that contains an integer and a rational number.
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The flavor  describes the object  itself.
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The flavor  generates a string of length  .
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Examples
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![Generate([integer(range = 3 .. 10), rational(range = 3 .. 10, denominator = 13)])](/support/helpjp/helpview.aspx?si=9004/file03950/math359.png)
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