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Re: Mutiple delete in lists

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  • Subject: [mg373] Re: [mg360] Mutiple delete in lists
  • From: Xah Y Lee <xyl10060 at fhda.edu>
  • Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 23:58:52 -0800 (PST)

On Mon, 26 Dec 1994, Gottfried Mayer-Kress wrote:

> According to the Mathematica book 1.8.6 the command:
> 		Delete[{1,2,3,4,5},2] 
> will produce 
> 		{1,3,4,5}
> and:
> 		Delete[{1,2,3,4,5},{2,3}]]
> should produce 
> 		{1,4,5}
> but I get the error message:
> 		Delete::part: Part {2, 3} of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} does not exist.

Mma book did not give an example of
	 Delete[{1,2,3,4,5},{2,3}]

To delete the 2nd and 3rd part, you need to put braces around 2 and 3.
See mma book chapter 1.8.6, page 129, look at the example In[7] on 
ReplacePart. Why you need the braces is explained there.

 Xah Lee   xyl10060 at tiptoe.fhda.edu
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 (currently searching for a romantic peer)
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