May be you can use something like:
exponentialp(x):= (not atom(x)) and inpart(x,0)="^" and inpart(x,1)=%e;
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De?: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] De la part de
> Javier Sanchez
> Envoy??: jeudi 1 mars 2007 10:52
> ??: maxima at math.utexas.edu
> Objet?: [Maxima] format package and exp
>
> What I want to do is to simplify the argument of the exponential function.
>
> I am using the "format" package and I konw how to simplify the argument
> of different operators by building test functions.
>
> What I do not know is how to do it with the exponential function. I know
> that exp(x) is automatically simplified to %e^x. What I want to do is to
> find
> a way of finding the argument of the exponential in an expression, i.e.
> build the
> equivalent of the following function
>
> logtest(f):=not(atom(f)) and op(f)='log
>
> but with the exponential
>
> exptest(f):=not(atom(f) and op(f)='the exponential operator in the rigth
> form
>
> Thanks
>
> Javi
>
>
>
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