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Re: patterns

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  • Subject: [mg3750] Re: [mg3727] patterns
  • From: Roberto Colistete Junior <roberto at verao.cce.ufes.br>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 03:02:33 -0400
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Susan Rempe wrote:
> 
> 
> I have a list of numbers and symbols.
> How can I collect all the members of the list
> which have a common denominator?
> 
> ex.  list={Sin[theta]/r, Cos[theta]/(r*s), 2*Csc[theta]/(2*r)}
> 
>  Say I want to collect all members of the list with r in the denominator;
> 
>  i.e.  answer=Sin[theta]/r;
> 
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> 
> 
   A simple way is to use "Select" and "Denominator" :

In[1]:= list={Sin[theta]/r, Cos[theta]/(r*s), 2*Csc[theta]/(2*r)}

General::spell1:
   Possible spelling error: new symbol name "list"
     is similar to existing symbol "List".

         Sin[theta]  Cos[theta]  Csc[theta]
Out[1]= {----------, ----------, ----------}
             r          r s          r

In[2]:= answer = Select [list, (Denominator[#] === r)&]

         Sin[theta]  Csc[theta]
Out[2]= {----------, ----------}
             r           r

   Of course, Mathematica simplified the last member of the list, so the 
above answer is correct.

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