Re: Part
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg2897] Re: Part
- From: Jorma Virtamo <jorma.virtamo at vtt.fi>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 02:16:14 -0500
wagner at bullwinkle.cs.Colorado.EDU (Dave Wagner) wrote:
>In article <4cgrsc$im4 at dragonfly.wri.com>,
>Hans Steffani <hans.steffani at e-technik.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
>>w={{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9}}
>>npos={2,1}
>>
>>npos is the position of the element I need.
>>
>>w[[npos]]
>>
>>does not work, as it returns the second and the first
>>line.
>
>This same question came up a couple of weeks ago. You want
>to use:
>
> w[[Sequence @@ npos]]
>
>Sequence is an undocumented function that obliterates the head
>of whatever it is applied to. In this case, it obliterates the
>List wrapper, leaving a sequence of two integers.
>
Alternatively, one can write without using an undocumented function:
w[[##]]& @@ npos
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