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[Q] Mathematica, how to write a[[2,3]] having {2,3}

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  • Subject: [mg9233] [Q] Mathematica, how to write a[[2,3]] having {2,3}
  • From: eds at gravi.physik.uni-jena.de (E. Schmidt)
  • Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 01:00:48 -0400
  • Organization: Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

 Hallo World!

 The simple thing I want Mathematica to do is to read/write the element
 of the multidimensional array (List of List of...)
 with the indices are given in a List, e.g. 

In[]
 a={{11,12,13},{21,22,23,24,25}};
 ind12={1,2};
 NewValue=1000;
 SetElem[a,ind12,NewValue]
 a

Out[]
 
   {{11,1000,13},{21,22,23,24,25}} 

How to?


Thanks

Eduard

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For reading I use

In[]

  a[[ind12 /. {b___}->b]]

Out[]
  
  12


But it does not work for writing.
(A friend of mine says it works on Mathematica 3.0,
 but we still have Mathematica 2.2.3)

 What to do?


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