Re: Select from list
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg87762] Re: Select from list
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:14:23 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Steve Gray wrote: > I have a list like this: > > ptX= > {{1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2, 3, 5}, {1, 2, 4, 5}, {1, 3, 4, 5}, {2, 3, 4, 5}} > > and I want a list pointing to all the sublists above that contain both > a 2 and a 3. In this example I would get {1,2,5}. The best solution I > have, with more generality, is: > > va = 2; > vb = 3; > za = Map[Cases[#1, va]&, ptX] /. {} -> {0} > zb = Map[Cases[#1, vb]&, ptX] /. {} -> {0} > Flatten[Position[za*zb, {va*vb}]] > > which gives > > {{2}, {2}, {2}, {0}, {2}} > {{3}, {3}, {0}, {3}, {3}} > {1, 2, 5}. > > (This doesn't work if va or vb is zero. That's ok.) > There's probably a better way. Anyone? Thank you. Hi Steve, The following solution uses directly Position[] and works with zeros. Position[ptX, x_ /; MemberQ[x, 2] && MemberQ[x, 3]] // Flatten For instance, In[1]:= ptX = {{1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2, 3, 5}, {1, 2, 4, 5}, {1, 3, 4, 5}, {2, 3, 4, 5}}; Position[ptX, x_ /; MemberQ[x, 2] && MemberQ[x, 3]] // Flatten Out[2]= {1, 2, 5} In[3]:= ptX = {{1, 2, 3, 4, 0}, {1, 2, 3, 5}, {1, 2, 4, 5, 0}, {1, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5}}; Flatten[Position[ptX, x_ /; MemberQ[x, 0] && MemberQ[x, 3]]] Out[4]= {1, 5} Regards, -- Jean-Marc