Re: Find common elements in a list of sublists
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- Subject: [mg125827] Re: Find common elements in a list of sublists
- From: Dana DeLouis <dana01 at me.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 04:30:41 -0400 (EDT)
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> d={{1, 19}, {1, 23}, {1, 5, 25}, {1, 17}, {1, 11}, {1, 5}}
> How do I find the elements common to all the sublists?
Hi. If I understand the question correctly, using Apply is what you need:
d={{1,19},{1,23},{1,5,25},{1,17},{1,11},{1,5}};
Intersection@@d
{1}
= = = = = = = = = =
HTH :>)
Dana DeLouis
Mac & Math 8
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On Apr 3, 4:44 am, Cisco Lane <travl... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Suppose I have a list of sublists:
>
> d={{1, 19}, {1, 23}, {1, 5, 25}, {1, 17}, {1, 11}, {1, 5}}
>
> How do I find the elements common to all the sublists?
>
> I can do it using intersection:
>
> Intersection[dx[[1]], dx[[2]], dx[[3]], dx[[4]], dx[[5]], dx[[6]]]
>
> which yields, correctly, {1}, but what if the number of sublists in d is variable?