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Re: Nonatomic expression error encountered with Intersection

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  • Subject: [mg53611] Re: [mg53597] Nonatomic expression error encountered with Intersection
  • From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 03:47:52 -0500 (EST)
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That's unreadable because of indecipherable characters like "¡�".

I suspect you're working with strings, too. That is, did you mean

temp = {{"CEST-01-A-01", "CEST-17-A-06"},
     {"CEST-01-A-02", "CEST-01-A-06",
      "CEST-02-C-06", "CEST-03-B-03",
      "CEST-03-G-07", "CEST-05-C-11",
      "CEST-06-A-09", "CEST-08-B-07",
      "CEST-09-A-02", "CEST-12-A-06",
      "CEST-12-G-11", "CEST-16-C-02",
      "CEST-16-H-04", "CEST-17-A-04",
      "CEST-18-D-05", "CEST-19-C-01",
      "CEST-19-D-04", "CEST-19-G-01",
      "CEST-20-C-09", "CEST-20-G-08",
      "CEST-22-D-07", "CEST-22-D-11",
      "CEST-23-C-09", "CEST-26-G-08",
      "CEST-27-E-04", "CEST-27-E-12",
      "CEST-30-C-08", "CEST-30-E-03",
      "CEST-34-C-06", "CEST-34-F-04",
      "CEST-35-G-09", "CEST-36-A-01",
      "CEST-36-B-01", "CEST-37-F-03",
      "CEST-37-F-06", "CEST-45-A-10",
      "CEST-45-H-05", "CEST-46-D-03",
      "CEST-46-D-11", "CEST-48-D-01",
      "CEST-48-E-01", "CEST-50-E-09",
      "CEST-51-A-01", "CEST-51-C-09",
      "CEST-53-G-01", "CEST-54-C-12",
      "CEST-54-H-11", "CEST-55-E-01",
      "CEST-55-G-06", "CEST-57-C-12",
      "CEST-57-E-12", "CEST-59-F-05"},
     {"CEST-01-A-04"}};

rather than what you posted, without quotes?

Post in InputForm by either converting cells to InputForm (select the cell and select menu options Cell>Convert to>InputForm, or select the cell and push Ctrl-Shift-I) or use the "Copy as InputForm" palette:

http://www.eclecticdreams.net/DrBob/copy_as_inputform.htm

Bobby

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 02:00:24 -0500 (EST), Todd Allen <genesplicer28 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>     I was hoping the usergroup might have some
> thoughts on a peculiar error message I have been
> receiving from Mathematica V 5.1(win XP).
>
>     I have a set of nested loops where I try to
> compare the elements of two matrices using
> Intersection, and if there is indeed an intersection,
> make a change to one of the matrices.  The code
> generates an error message: Intersection::normal:
> "Nonatomic expression expected at position 1.......
>
> I believe the Head of the two lists I am comparing are
> in fact lists, however perhaps I am missing something
> as to how mathemamatica parses the input.
>
> Below is the basic code:
>
> temp=
> {{CEST-01-A-01,CEST-17-A-06},{CEST-01-A-02,CEST-01-A-06,CEST-02-C-06,
>CEST-03-B-03,CEST-03-G-07,CEST-05-C-11,CEST-06-A-09,CEST-08-B-07,
>CEST-09-A-02,CEST-12-A-06,CEST-12-G-11,CEST-16-C-02,CEST-16-H-04,
>CEST-17-A-04,CEST-18-D-05,CEST-19-C-01,CEST-19-D-04,CEST-19-G-01,
>CEST-20-C-09,CEST-20-G-08,CEST-22-D-07,CEST-22-D-11,CEST-23-C-09,
>CEST-26-G-08,CEST-27-E-04,CEST-27-E-12,CEST-30-C-08,CEST-30-E-03,
>CEST-34-C-06,CEST-34-F-04,CEST-35-G-09,CEST-36-A-01,CEST-36-B-01,
>CEST-37-F-03,CEST-37-F-06,CEST-45-A-10,CEST-45-H-05,CEST-46-D-03,
>CEST-46-D-11,CEST-48-D-01,CEST-48-E-01,CEST-50-E-09,CEST-51-A-01,
>CEST-51-C-09,CEST-53-G-01,CEST-54-C-12,CEST-54-H-11,CEST-55-E-01,
>CEST-55-G-06,CEST-57-C-12,CEST-57-E-12,CEST-59-F-05},{CEST-01-A-04}};
>
> acontology=
> {{AEST-01-A-01,blank,None,None},{AEST-01-A-02,CEST-01-A-01,
>     enzyme / ion transporter,
>     cell growth and/or maintenance / transport / ion
> transport},{AEST-01-A-03,
>     CEST-01-A-02,translation regulator / translation
> factor,
>     cell growth and/or maintenance / metabolism /
> biosynthesis}};
>
> outerindex = 1; innerindex = 1; While[outerindex ¡�
> Length[acontology], \
> While[innerindex ¡� Length[
>     temp], If
> [Length[Intersection[acontology[[outerindex]],
>     temp[[innerindex]]]] ==
>       1, (acontology =
>          Append[acontology[[outerindex]],
> temp[[innerindex]]]; innerindex = \
> Length[temp] + 1), innerindex++]]; outerindex++;
> innerindex = 1];
>
>
>
> The output I am hoping for is to progressively match
> components of each list to output as follows:
>
> Given input:
> Append[acontology[[2]], temp[[1]]]
>
> Desired output:
> {AEST-01-A-02,CEST-01-A-01,enzyme / ion
> transporter,cell growth and/or \
> maintenance / transport / ion
> transport,{CEST-01-A-01,CEST-17-A-06}}
>
>
> When I have used various portions of the above nested
> loops on their own, they seem to work, however things
> break down once placed in a loop structure.  Any
> thoughts on why a loop or Intersection might generate
> the Nonatomic expression error??
>
> Thanks for any advice you might have.
>
> Best regards,
> Todd
>
>
>
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