Re: Re; Reordering lists?!
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- Subject: [mg4596] Re: Re; Reordering lists?!
- From: jmc34318 at jetson.uh.edu (Manuel)
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 03:25:17 -0400
- Organization: University of Houston
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On 2 Aug 1996 06:05:17 GMT, Hein Hundal <hundal at vicon.net> wrote:
>Andre and Alain wrote:
>>
>> Hey! I have a list of Numbers, 1 to 4, and wish to rescale them so
>> that 1 replkaces 4 and 3 replaces 2 and 2 replaces 3 etc. I made a little
>> code to do this on an element per element basis and it doesn't seem to do
>> it! Could someone let me know what I'm doing wrong or whether it's a Mma
>> problem? Thanks
>>
>> <The original list>
>>
>> gsub=Flatten[ColumnTake[gcsq,{4}]]
>> {2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1,
>> 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1,
>> 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2,
>> 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1,
>> 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1}
>>
>> <Frequencies of the list>
>>
>> Frequencies[gsub]
>> {{42, 1}, {34, 2}, {4, 3}, {1, 4}}
>>
>> <The code that replaces them>
>>
>> Do[If[gsub[[n]]==1,gsub[[n]]=4]||
>> If[gsub[[n]]==2,gsub[[n]]=3]||
>> If[gsub[[n]]==3,gsub[[n]]=2]||
>> If[gsub[[n]]==4,gsub[[n]]=1],
>> {n,1,Length[gsub]}]
>>
>> <It doesn't work properly?!>
>>
>> Frequencies[gsub]
>> {{43, 1}, {38, 2}}
>>
>> Of course the new list frequencies should be exactly opposite than the first
>> one. Help please?!
>> Thanks
>> Andre Bindon
>> Ablerta Hospital Edmonton
>
>The function you have built works well for values of 3 and 4, but for a value of 1 (or 2),
>the clause If[gsub[[n]]==1,gsub[[n]]=4] converts the 1 into a 4 and returns the value 4. If
>this clause returned True then the program would go on to the next value of n, but because 4
>is returned, the remaining If clauses are evaluated. So, If[gsub[[n]]==4,gsub[[n]]=1]
>converts the 4 back into a 1. To Fix your code, you could have the If[]'s return True when
>their test is true.
>Do[
>If[gsub[[n]]==1,gsub[[n]]=4;True]||
>If[gsub[[n]]==2,gsub[[n]]=3;True]||
>If[gsub[[n]]==3,gsub[[n]]=2;True]||
>If[gsub[[n]]==4,gsub[[n]]=1;True],
>{n,1,Length[gsub]}]
>
>There are many other ways to achieve the same goal. For example:
>
>gsub /. Table[ a -> (5-a), {a,4}]
>
>
>Hein Hundal
>
>
>
I'm not sure exactly want you want to do, but it sounds
like Reverse[list] where list is the name of your, well, list.
Manuel.
jmc34318 at jetson.uh.edu
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