Re: converting a list element into a number?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg98610] Re: converting a list element into a number?
- From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:16:48 -0400 (EDT)
On 4/13/09 at 3:35 AM, meitnik at gmail.com (meitnik) wrote: >Hi I have noticed when using Position[], it returns a single element >list. So how do I convert that into a number other than using >Flatten to strip off the braces? It seems if I use Flatten within >any subroutine code, I get the error code thats its "Protected". So >how do I work around using Flatten?? Here is an example to get a number In[2]:= Position[Range[5], 3][[1, 1]] Out[2]= 3 to get a 1-D list In[3]:= Position[Range[5], 3][[1]] Out[3]= {3} or In[4]:= First@Position[Range[5], 3] Out[4]= {3} Note, there is no problem using Flatten in a subroutine. Getting the error you described says there is something wrong with your code. Possibly, you are making an assignment to Flatten which would generate this error.