[Date Index] [Thread Index] [Author Index]

Extracting Terms From a List

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg44183] Extracting Terms From a List
• From: "Bruce W. Colletti" <bcolletti at compuserve.com>
• Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 06:26:37 -0400 (EDT)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

How would I cull integers and squared terms from {3, Sqrt[2], (x+y)^2, x+y^2}?   The desired output is {3, (x+y)^2, y^2}.  Unfortunately:

Cases[{3, Sqrt[2], (x+y)^2, x+y^2}, _Integer | _^2]

returns {3, (x+y)^2} .

Thankx.

Bruce