This is a programming question.
The goal is to solve an equation such as eq:=x^2+2*x-1=0; and obtain the solution as list with x= on each solution, like this
sol := [x = sqrt(2) - 1, x = -1 - sqrt(2)]
The command to start with is sol:=solve(eq,x) which gives
sol := sqrt(2) - 1, -1 - sqrt(2)
But to have x= show up, the command is modifed to be sol:=solve(eq,{x}) by adding {} around the variable to solve for, and now Maple gives
sol := {x = sqrt(2) - 1}, {x = -1 - sqrt(2)}
Which is not yet the goal.. Changing the command to sol:=[solve(eq,{x})] gives
sol := [{x = sqrt(2) - 1}, {x = -1 - sqrt(2)}]
Which is still not the goal. Changing the command to sol:=solve(eq,[x]) gets closer to the goal. it gives
sol := [[x = sqrt(2) - 1], [x = -1 - sqrt(2)]]
To remove the extra pair [ ] the list is Flattened like this
eq:=x^2+2*x-1=0; sol:=solve(eq,[x]); sol:=ListTools:-Flatten(sol)
Which gives me what I want, which is one list (not list of lists), and with x= in there
sol := [x = sqrt(2) - 1, x = -1 - sqrt(2)]
Is there a better way to obtain the above form of result than what I have above?