import Lean open Lean partial def mkBig : Nat → Expr | 0 => mkConst `a | (n+1) => mkApp2 (mkConst `f []) (mkBig n) (mkBig n) def replaceTest (e : Expr) : Expr := e.replace $ fun e => match e with | Expr.const c _ => if c == `f then mkConst `g else none | _ => none #eval replaceTest $ mkBig 4 /-- info: Lean.Expr.const `g [] -/ #guard_msgs in #eval (replaceTest $ mkBig 128).getAppFn def findTest (e : Expr) : Option Expr := e.find? $ fun e => match e with | Expr.const c _ => c == `g | _ => false /-- info: none -/ #guard_msgs in #eval findTest $ mkBig 4 /-- info: some (Lean.Expr.const `g []) -/ #guard_msgs in #eval findTest $ replaceTest $ mkBig 4 /-- info: none -/ #guard_msgs in #eval findTest $ mkBig 128 /-- info: some (Lean.Expr.const `g []) -/ #guard_msgs in #eval findTest $ (replaceTest $ mkBig 128)