Re: Changing the head of the elements of an Imported list
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- Subject: [mg40685] Re: [mg40650] Changing the head of the elements of an Imported list
- From: Dr Bob <majort at cox-internet.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 02:19:22 -0400 (EDT)
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I think ToExpression will do the trick.
Bobby
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 03:09:39 -0400 (EDT), feleki <feleki at hbt.arch.ethz.ch>
wrote:
>
> Hello Mathgroup!
>
> I have a problem:
>
> I need a list of Cuboids to be represented with the
> Graphics3D procedure.
> I would like to import this list of Cuboids from
> a text file generated by another program, the text file looks like:
>
> Cuboid[{3,3,3}]
> Cuboid[{3,1,3}]
> Cuboid[{3,2,3}]
> Cuboid[{1,3,1}]
>
>
> and so on...
>
> The problem is however that after importing
> the text file into a list in Mathematica, all the elements
> of the list have the head String while the
> Graphics3D requires them to have the head of Cuboid.
>
> Is it possible to change the head of the
> elements of this list from Sting to Cuboid?
>
> Best regards,
> Zsolt Feleki
> Phd Student
> Chair of Building Physics
> ETH H=F6nggerberg HIL E46.1, 8093 Z=FCrich
> Tel: 01-633 28 77/ 633 36 32
> Fax: 01-633 10 41
> http://www.bph.hbt.arch.ethz.ch
>
>
>
--
majort at cox-internet.com
Bobby R. Treat
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- Changing the head of the elements of an Imported list
- From: feleki <feleki@hbt.arch.ethz.ch>
- Changing the head of the elements of an Imported list