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Re: DeleteCases

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  • Subject: [mg98158] Re: [mg98144] DeleteCases
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 05:54:21 -0500 (EST)
  • Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net

list = {{0, 0, 1, 1}, {0, 0, 2, 2}, {0, 0, 3, 3}, {1, 1, 0, 0}, {1, 1,
     2, 2}, {1, 1, 3, 3}, {2, 2, 0, 0}, {2, 2, 1, 1}, {2, 2, 3, 
    3}, {3, 3, 0, 0}, {3, 3, 1, 1}, {3, 3, 2, 2}};

Union[list, SameTest -> (#1 == Reverse[#2] &)]

{{0, 0, 1, 1}, {0, 0, 2, 2}, 
   {0, 0, 3, 3}, {1, 1, 2, 2}, 
   {1, 1, 3, 3}, {2, 2, 3, 3}}

list //. {s___, {a_, a_, b_, b_}, m___, {b_, b_, a_, a_}, 
   e___} :> {s, {a, a, b, b}, m, e}

{{0, 0, 1, 1}, {0, 0, 2, 2}, 
   {0, 0, 3, 3}, {1, 1, 2, 2}, 
   {1, 1, 3, 3}, {2, 2, 3, 3}}

n = 1; DeleteCases[list, _?(MemberQ[Take[list, n++], Reverse[#]] &)]

{{0, 0, 1, 1}, {0, 0, 2, 2}, 
   {0, 0, 3, 3}, {1, 1, 2, 2}, 
   {1, 1, 3, 3}, {2, 2, 3, 3}}


Bob Hanlon

---- Filippo Miatto <sottosupremo at gmail.com> wrote: 

=============
Dear all,
Given this example list:

{{0, 0, 1, 1}, {0, 0, 2, 2}, {0, 0, 3, 3}, {1, 1, 0, 0}, {1, 1, 2, 2},  
{1, 1, 3, 3}, {2, 2, 0, 0}, {2, 2, 1, 1}, {2, 2, 3, 3}, {3, 3, 0, 0},  
{3, 3, 1, 1}, {3, 3, 2, 2}}

I need the elements {a,a,b,b} and {b,b,a,a} to be the same, i.e. i  
want to delete one of the two occurrences from the list. (or all but  
one if the condition is more complicated, say {a,b,c,d} and {b,a,c,d}  
or {a,b,c,d} and {a,b,d,c})
How can i do that? Can i use DeleteCases? if so, what conditional  
should I use to compare different elements in the list?
I tried without success for all the night.. (it's 6.15AM now!)
Thank you,

Filippo



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