calc: Selecting Subformulas

 
 11.1 Selecting Sub-Formulas
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 When working with an algebraic formula it is often necessary to
 manipulate a portion of the formula rather than the formula as a whole.
 Calc allows you to “select” a portion of any formula on the stack.
 Commands which would normally operate on that stack entry will now
 operate only on the sub-formula, leaving the surrounding part of the
 stack entry alone.
 
    One common non-algebraic use for selection involves vectors.  To work
 on one element of a vector in-place, simply select that element as a
 “sub-formula” of the vector.
 

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