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<B>NPRIMITIVE</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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<em>nprimitive</em>(&lt;expression&gt;) or <em>nprimitive</em> 
 &lt;simple\_expression&gt; 
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This operator returns the numerically-primitive part of any scalar 
expression. In other words, any overall integer factors in the expression 
are removed. 
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nprimitive((2x+2y)^2); 

   2            2
  X  + 2*X*Y + Y  


nprimitive(3*a*b*c); 

  3*A*B*C

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