Re: Returning List Position w/o brackets
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg29024] Re: Returning List Position w/o brackets
- From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 01:47:59 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <9eigli$512@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
"brian" <polar at cloud9.net> wrote in message news:9eigli$512 at smc.vnet.net... > Is there a way to have have the Position function return a value without > the brackets. > > Say there are two lists, > letter = {a,b,c,d} and number = {1,2,3,4} > > If I call letter[[2]] I get b > but if I use letter[[ Flatten[ Position[ number, 2 ] ] > ]] I get {b} > > I have several large lists that I am searching through and then > need to print out the values and I would like to have the brackets > removed from the text reports. I hve tried several different methods > but nothing seems to work. You haven't specified what "work" means, but I assume you want this: letter[[ Flatten[ Position[ num, 2 ] ]]][[1]] -- Paul Lutus www.arachnoid.com