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by evincarofautumn 2989 days ago
Most commonly I see a “substitution” notation for that, S[V/x], but unfortunately there are dozens of variations in use, including: [V/x]S, [x ↦ V]S, [x ⇒ V]S, [x → V]S, {V/x}S, {x ↦ V}S, S_(x → V), S[V|x], S[x := V], S[x/V], S[x ← V], S[V\x], S(v/x), S{V/x}, S{x ↦ V}, S{x := V}, S{x → V}, S⦃x ← V⦄, S{x ← V}, …