Re: Select only certain sublists matching criteria
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg111006] Re: Select only certain sublists matching criteria
- From: Thomas Dowling <thomasgdowling at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:59:09 -0400 (EDT)
Hello lst = {{0, -4, 2.283}, {0.5, -4, 2.282}, {1, -4, 2.280}, {1.5, -4, 2.276}, {2, -4, 2.271}, {2.5, -4, 2.264}, {3, -4, 2.255}, {3.5, -4, 2.242}} Select[lst, Part[#, 3] > (2.25 - 0.01) && Part[#, 3] < (2.25 + 0.01) &] Out[26]= {{3, -4, 2.255}, {3.5, -4, 2.242}} Select[lst, Part[#, 1] == 0 &] Out[27]= {{0, -4, 2.283}} Tom Dowling On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Chris Poole <chris at chrispoole.com> wrote: > I have a list like this: > {{0, -4, 2.283}, {0.5, -4, 2.282}, {1, -4, 2.280}, {1.5, -4, > 2.276}, {2, -4, 2.271}, {2.5, -4, 2.264}, {3, -4, 2.255}, {3.5, -4, > 2.242}} > > I want to look at each list of 3 numbers, and keep only the lists where the > third item in each list fits some criteria. > > I can do something like this: > Select[{2, 15, 1, 16, 17}, Abs[3 - #] < 3 &] > > But it only works for flat lists. > > For example, I want only the lists where the third item is around 2.25 +- > 0.001. Something like that. > > I can work out how to get Select to operate on the 3rd item of each > sublist, but not how to then keep that entire list. > > If anyone has any ideas, they are much appreciated. > >