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Re: Complement

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  • Subject: [mg6102] Re: [mg6100] Complement
  • From: Allan Hayes <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:46:06 -0500
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Houshou Chen <houshou at eecs.umich.edu>
[mg6100] Complement
writes

> The result of Complement always resort the order, Is there any code
> such that  taking the complement without changing the original
> order?
>
> Complement[{5,4,3,2,1},{1,2}] is {3, 4, 5}, I would like the result
> to be {5,4,3} instead.

Houshou:

DeleteCases[{5,4,3,2,1}, Alternatives@@{1,2}]

	{5, 4, 3}
	
Because Alternatives@@{1,2} becomes Alternatives[1,2] we can work  
with lists as inputs.

Allan Hayes
hay at haystack.demon.co.uk
http://www.haystack.demon.co.uk


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