Re: List element manipulation
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg25437] Re: [mg25408] List element manipulation
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <andrzej at tuins.ac.jp>
- Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 02:44:21 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In fact it is indeed pretty easy, e.g.:
In[10]:=
MapAt[# - 1 &, Range[116, 166, 8], -1]
Out[10]=
{116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 163}
Decrement does not work because
In[11]:=?Decrement
x-- decreases the value of x by 1, returning the old value of x.
ReplacePart should work except that you are again trying to use -- in an
impermissable way. It only works on variables! Compare;
In[12]:=
x = 3;
In[13]:=
--x
Out[13]=
2
In[14]:=
--3
PreDecrement::rvalue:
3 is not a variable with a value, so its value cannot be
changed.
Out[14]=
--3
The correct versions of yur attempts are here:
In[15]:=
Range[116, 166, 8] // ReplacePart[#, Last[#] - 1, -1] &
Out[15]=
{116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 163}
In[15]:=
Range[116, 166, 8] // ReplacePart[#, #[[-1]] - 1, -1] &
Out[16]=
{116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 163}
--
Andrzej Kozlowski
Toyama International University
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http://platon.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/andrzej/
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on 00.9.29 2:06 PM, Martin Rommel at Martin_Rommel at mac.com wrote:
> I want to decrement the last number in list. This ought to be easy, but my
> initial attempts did not bear fruits:
>
> In[40]:=
> MapAt[Decrement, Range[116, 166, 8], -1]
>
> Decrement::"rvalue": "164 is not a variable with a value, so its value
> cannot be changed."
>
> Out[40]=
> {116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 164--}
>
> Do I need to use ReplacePart? That works but still gives me an error!
>
> In[53]:=
> Range[116, 166, 8] // ReplacePart[#, --Last[#], -1] &
>
> Set::"write": "Tag Last in Last[{116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 164}] is
> Protected."
>
> Out[53]=
> {116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 163}
>
> Different error here:
>
> In[51]:=
> Range[116, 166, 8] // ReplacePart[#, --#[[-1]], -1] &
>
> Set::"setps": "{116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 164} in assignment of part
> is not a symbol."
>
> Out[51]=
> {116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 163}
>
>
> Anybody out there able to enlighten me?
>
> Thanks, Martin
>
>
>