Re: How to "search" in a matrix?
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- Subject: [mg60930] Re: How to "search" in a matrix?
- From: albert <awnl at arcor.de>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 01:24:57 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
> I have this matrix:
>
> matr = {{a, b, 1}, {c, d, 2}, {e, f, 3}}
>
> I'm trying to do a "search" in a matrix. The "real" matrix will contain
> strings. How to "search" for a given value in a matrix and return all
> lines that have it?
I think Cases is even easier to use for this case. If you are searching in
Matrices only, this is probably the thing to use when looking for lines
containing d:
Cases[matr,{___,d,___}]
It should work just as well for strings instead of symbols. For more
complicated structures, there are additional Arguments for Select and Cases
which control the level where to look for matches...
albert