Re: simple question
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- Subject: [mg105249] Re: simple question
- From: Valeri Astanoff <astanoff at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:35:19 -0500 (EST)
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On 24 nov, 12:11, Francisco Gutierrez <fgutiers2... at yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear List: > I have the following list: > ejemplo1={{1,0,2,2,0},{0,1,1,1,2},{2,0,0,1,1},{1,1,0,2,2},{1,0,2,0,1},{2,2,0,1,1},{2,1,1,1,2},{0,1,1,0,1}}; > I want to group it, so that the sublists of ejemplo1 that have identical values at positions 4 and 5 are gathered together. So I did the following code: > Split[ Sort[ejemplo1,#1[[4]]>=#2[[4]] && #1[[5]]>=#2[[5]] &],Take[#1,{4,5}]==Take[#2,{4,5}]&] > > Works! The output in effect is: > {{{1,1,0,2,2}},{{0,1,1,1,2},{2,1,1,1,2}},{{2,0,0,1,1},{2,2,0,1,1}},{{1,0,2,0,1},{0,1,1,0,1}},{{1,0,2,2,0}}}, > precisely what I wanted. > > Now, how can I create a function for the general case (instead of fixed positions 4 and 5, an arbitrary number of positions that act as "gathering parameter")? > Fg Good day, It could be done this way : In[1]:= orden[l1_List, l2_List, parm_List]:= And@@((l1[[#]] >= l2[[#]])& /@ parm); In[2]:= gathering[l1_List, parm_List]:= Split[Sort[l1,orden[#1,#2,parm]&],(#1[[parm]]==#2[[parm]])&]; In[3]:= ejemplo1={{1,0,2,2,0},{0,1,1,1,2},{2,0,0,1,1},{1,1,0,2,2}, {1,0,2,0,1},{2,2,=AD0,1,1},{2,1,1,1,2},{0,1,1,0,1}}; In[4]:= gathering[ejemplo1,{4,5}] Out[4]= {{{1,1,0,2,2}},{{0,1,1,1,2},{2,1,1,1,2}},{{2,0,0,1,1},{2,2,0,1,1}}, {{1,0,2,0,1},{0,1,1,0,1}},{{1,0,2,2,0}}} hth -- Valeri Astanoff