Re: Delete problem
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- Subject: [mg52893] Re: [mg52871] Delete problem
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:40:26 -0500 (EST)
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masterlist = DeleteCases[masterlist, _?(Length[#] == 3 && Min[#[[All, 9]]] < 0 && Max[#[[All, 9]]] > 0 &)] Bob Hanlon > > From: Todd Allen <genesplicer28 at yahoo.com> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Date: 2004/12/15 Wed AM 04:26:54 EST > To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Subject: [mg52893] [mg52871] Delete problem > > Hi everyone, > > I have situation where I am trying to quality > control check a "list of lists" for certain values > that should be deleted from the list if they are > found. I have wrote a few lines of code that I > believe should work, but rather than simply deleting a > part of the list, mathematica seems to delete the > entire list. Below is the situation with a small test > dataset: > > masterlist={{{AEST-01-C-10,1,1,1,2,31,1,C,-2.14},{AEST-01-C -10,1,1,1,4,31,1, > > C,-1.1},{AEST-01-C-10,2,2,1,2,12,2,C,1.79}},{{AEST-07-E-04,2,1,2,1,10,2, > > C,1.334},{AEST-07-E-04,2,1,3,2,1,4,C,1.997},{AEST-07-E-04,3,2,1,1,2,1, > C,-1.17},{AEST-07-E-04,3,4,1,1,21,2,C,2.15}}}; > > index=1;ccheck=Sign[masterlist[[index,All,9]]];While[ > index<=Length[masterlist], > If[Count[ccheck,_?Positive]>0 && > Count[ccheck,_?Negative]>0 && > > Count[ccheck,_Integer]==3,masterlist=Delete[masterlist,index],index++]]; > > > I am trying to delete lists that have both positive > and negative values in the ninth position of common > elements and also have only 3 members of that group. > For example, I would expect mathematica to delete the > first group of masterlist above, because it has three > subgroups of AEST-01-C-10 and it has the values of > -2.14, -1.1and 1.79 in each of the three AEST-01-C-10 > elements. Sorry if I have badgered the proper use of > list/grouping terminology, but hopefully my general > idea is clear. > > Thank you for any thoughts you might have. > > Best regards, > Todd > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > >