[Maxima] extracting al the atoms from an expression

[Stavros Macrakis]

Check the documentation for listofvars. This does not include all atoms, but
all *variables*.  Thus listofvars(a[1]^2/b) returns [a[1],b], not [a,1,2,b].

             -s

On Dec 19, 2007 1:41 PM, S. Newhouse <sen1 at math.msu.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>  Is there a simple way to extract all of the atoms from an expression,
> say as a list?
>
> For instance, suppose we have the expression  p: a*x^2*y^3 +b*x*y
>
> I would like to extract as a list:   [a,x,y,b]
>
> TIA,
>  -sen
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