Re: extract from list and keep track
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- Subject: [mg62182] Re: extract from list and keep track
- From: Roger Bagula <rlbagulatftn at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:16:19 -0500 (EST)
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Here's a two liner that is a little easier to understand: data = {3, 7, 9, 21, 43, 57, 63, 71, 75, 99} a = Delete[Union[Table[If[Mod[data[[n]], 8] == 1 || Mod[data[[n]], 8] == 7, {n, data[[n]]}, {}], {n, 1, Length[data]}]], 1] "Union" sorts the extra {} to the front and "Delete" gets ride of it. || means "or" Using an "If" like this makes the clause more like a regular programing or mathematical statement. Andrea wrote: > I'm trying to write a program for the following. Seems simple, but I'm > unable to to do it: > > I have a list of increasing odd numbers. I want to create a table that > indicates which numbers in this list are 1(mod 8) and 7(mod 8) and what > position in the list these numbers have. > Then I would like to have them removed form the list to get a new (reduced) > list. > > > Example: 3, 7, 9, 21, 43, 57, 63, 71, 75, 99. I want to form this a Table: > > 2 7 > 3 9 > 6 57 > 7 63 > 8 71 > > 7 is 7(mod 8) and is the 2nd member in the list, 9 is 1(mod 8) and is the > 3rd member in the list, etc. > > The next list would become, having removed the ones in the table: > > 3, 21, 43, 75, 99 > > And I would be using some other congruence criteria. Etc. > > Thanks, > Andrea >