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Re: Find Elements Containing "r"

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  • Subject: [mg42533] Re: Find Elements Containing "r"
  • From: bobhanlon at aol.com (Bob Hanlon)
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 20:53:13 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <beol9g$t12$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Select[{ar1,ar2,ab1,ab2,rab,ab3},
  StringMatchQ[ToString[#],"*r*"]&]

{ar1, ar2, rab}

Cases[{ar1,ar2,ab1,ab2,rab,ab3},
  _?(StringMatchQ[ToString[#],"*r*"]&)]

{ar1, ar2, rab}


Bob Hanlon

In article <beol9g$t12$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "Allan de Frates"
<oldwhitecar at hotmail.com> wrote:

<< How do I find all the elements of a list that contain the letter "r" or some
other text pattern? For example, if the list is {ar1, ar2, ab1, ab2, rab,
ab3} and I wanted element matching "r", the result would be {ar1, ar2, rab}.


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