Re: delete something from a complex list
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg58094] Re: [mg58075] delete something from a complex list
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 06:07:47 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
lst = {{{{1, 3, 2, 4}}, {{5, 2}}}, {{4, 2}, {6, 1, 7}}}; lst /. (1 | 2) :> Sequence[] {{{{3, 4}}, {{5}}}, {{4}, {6, 7}}} Sequence[] is just an empty argument sequence, which is eliminated. David Park djmp at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/ From: mark [mailto:rotree2003 at yahoo.com] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net hi how to delete numbers 1 and 2 from the multilevel nested list, while preserving the structure: {{{{1,3,2,4}},{{5,2}}},{{4,2},{6,1,7}}} i hope the result is: {{{{3,4}},{{5}}},{{4},{6,7}}} i have tried delete with no success but after i have flatten the list. thanks