Selection of sublist using Cases
- To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg800] Selection of sublist using Cases
- From: sands at rs1.npt.nuwc.navy.mil (Charlie Rosenthal)
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 00:51:36 -0400
Mathgroup, I wonder if someone could explain why the following doesn't seem to work, and hopefully, what might. I have a list such as: hullHL = {{12. , 34., 3, "POLY","aTop",{1.,2.,3.}}, {15. , 22., 2, "POLY","aBottom",{1.,2.,3.,4.}} . . . . . . . . . . . . } I would like to form from this list a sublist consisting of all elements of the form {x_Real,y_Real,z_Integer,s1_String,"aTop",d_List}. Cases[hullHL,{x_Real,y_Real,z_Integer,s_String,"aTop",d_List}] returns {}. Why? Charlie E. Rosenthal, sands at rs1.npt.nuwc.navl.mil