Re: Pattern matching in lists
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- Subject: [mg116140] Re: Pattern matching in lists
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:30:23 -0500 (EST)
MatchQ[{1, 3, 2, 6, 5, 1, 4, 6, 3, 9}, {___, 1, 4, 6, ___}]
True
Bobby
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:07:02 -0600, Harvey P. Dale <hpd1 at nyu.edu> wrote:
> MemberQ easily tests whether a single integer appears in a list
> of integers. Suppose, however, that I want to test not for a single
> integer but for two or more consecutive integers, e.g., to see whether
> {1,4,6} is a member of {1,3,2,6,5,1,4,6,3,9}. I can do this by
> converting both lists into strings and then using string-matching
> functions, but is there some way of doing it directly without that
> conversion?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Harvey
>
> Harvey P. Dale
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