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Re: selecting columns from a list

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• Subject: [mg47859] Re: [mg47844] selecting columns from a list
• From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
• Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:05:03 -0400 (EDT)
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On Apr 28, 2004, at 6:56 AM, Edo wrote:

> Hello
> I just started with mathematica, wanted to load a comma separated data
> file and drop the first two columns. So I did
> data=Import["C:\Data\filename.ext","CSV"]; to get the file into a
> variable "data", then I am stuck, after doing some reading in the help
> files about Drop, Partition, Take.
>  etc
> could someone tell me what to read and where to find info about 
> indexing
> different data structures

There are a few ways to do this.  If you're data is in a nested list f 
two levels, then data[[All,Range[3,Last[Dimensions[data]]]]] represents 
data with the first two columns dropped.  The appropriate help topics 
to understand this are Part, Dimensions and Last.  Another expression 
of equivalent meaning is Drop[#,2]&/@data.  You need to understand what 
Map means to comprehend this expression.

Welcome to Mathematica.

Regards,

Ssezi

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