Re: How can this MapAt application be done more efficiently
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- Subject: [mg4219] Re: [mg4180] How can this MapAt application be done more efficiently
- From: Allan Hayes <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 03:26:30 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Joel Cannon <cannon at alpha.centenary.edu>
[mg4180] How can this MapAt application be done more efficiently
wants to drop the zeros form an expression like
lst = {{5, 0}, {4, 1}, {3, 2, 0}, {3, 1, 1}}
Joel:
DeleteCases[#,0]&/@lst
{{5}, {4, 1}, {3, 2}, {3, 1, 1}}
You add
>
>Here is my function, with another function that it calls:
> dropzero[a_] :=
> MapAt[droplast,a, Partition[ Map[First,Position[a,0]],1] ]
> droplast[a_] := Drop[a, -1]
>
>It feels to me like two things could be improved.
>
>1. I had to define the function droplast because I couldn't figure >out
>how to use Drop[#,-1] with in the MapAt expression and get it to >work.
>
>2. Of less importance,
>the argument "Partition[Map[First,Position[a,0]],1]" seems a bit
>clumsy.
Pure functions are very useful.
Re 1. :
MapAt[Drop[#,-1]&,a, Partition[ Map[First,Position[a,0]],1] ]
Re 2:
MapAt[Drop[#,-1]&,a, Position[lst,_?(MemberQ[#,0]&)] ]
Allan Hayes
hay at haystack.demon.co.uk
12-06-96
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