Re: opposite of AppendTo
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- Subject: [mg124365] Re: opposite of AppendTo
- From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:57:13 -0500 (EST)
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On 2012.01.16. 14:02, burke wrote: > AppendTo[s,e] appends "e" to "s" and then RESETS "s". How does one > delete or remove an element "e" from a list "s" and then RESET "s"? > The _reset_ is my problem. I want to be able to add and delete > elements of a list (a list of graphical elements with very low > opacity). I can "appendto" the list at will but am unable to delete > elements (using Delete, DeleteCases, Except, Select, etc.). Deleting > "e" from "s" is easy enough, but resetting "s" seems impossible. > Help!! > You can always re-assign the list, as in s = Most[s]; In Mathematica functions almost never modify their arguments directly. They return a modified copy instead. Exceptions are Set and AppendTo/PrependTo, which do modify the argument. -- Szabolcs Horvát Mma QA site proposal: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/37304