Re: Position[] pattern matching
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- Subject: [mg4299] Re: [mg4236] Position[] pattern matching
- From: Allan Hayes <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 03:56:58 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
>From: Harald Berndt <haraldb at nature.berkeley.edu>
>To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
>Subject: [mg4236] Position[] pattern matching
Harald,
Try,
Position[
fInfo,
x_/;(StringTake[ x[[4]], 1 ] == "L"),
{1},
Heads -> False
]
Allan Hayes
hay at haystack.demon.co.uk
*********
MESSAGE
I just ran into a strange pattern-matching problem:
I'm reading some infomation from a disk file with
fInfo = ReadList[
"NDEC:EWW:RODDAT.PRN",
{Word, Word, Word, Word, Word, Word, Word,
Number, Number, Number, Number}
]
Now, I want all records whose 4th word starts with an "L":
In[29]:=
Position[
fInfo,
x_/;(StringTake[ x[[4]], 1 ] == "L")
]
Part::partd: Part specification List[[4]]
is longer than depth of object.
Part::partd: Part specification List[[4]]
is longer than depth of object.
Part::partd: Part specification 002[[4]]
is longer than depth of object.
General::stop:
Further output of Part::partd
will be suppressed during this calculation.
Out[29]=
{{5}, {6}, {7}, {8}, {9}, {10}, {11}, {12}, {13}, {14}, {15},
{16}, {17}, {18}, {19}, {20}, {21}, {22}, {23}, {24}, {25},
{26}, {27}, {28}, {29}, {30}, {31}, {32}, {45}, {46}, {47},
{48}, {49}, {50}, {51}, {52}, {53}, {54}, {55}, {56}}
So, I get the right answer, but only after a bunch of error messages.
What if I look only at level 1 of the list?
In[30]:=
Position[
fInfo,
x_/;(StringTake[ x[[4]], 1 ] == "L"),
1
]
Part::partd: Part specification List[[4]]
is longer than depth of object.
Out[30]=
{{5}, {6}, {7}, {8}, {9}, {10}, {11}, {12}, {13}, {14}, {15},
{16}, {17}, {18}, {19}, {20}, {21}, {22}, {23}, {24}, {25},
{26}, {27}, {28}, {29}, {30}, {31}, {32}, {45}, {46}, {47},
{48}, {49}, {50}, {51}, {52}, {53}, {54}, {55}, {56}}
Again, right answer, but still one error message.
I wouldn't mind, as long as I get the right answer, but if I get an
error message might there not be cases when I don't get the right
answer?
P.S., a pet peeve: why can I say
Select[
fInfo, (#[[4]] == somethingorother )& ]
but need to say
Position[
fInfo, x_/;x[[4]] == somethingorother) ]
Shouldn't these allow the same formulation of the patten-match
requirements?
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Harald Berndt University of California
Research Specialist Forest Products Laboratory
Phone: 510-215-4224 FAX:510-215-4299
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