Re: Replacing 1 to many in a list
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- Subject: [mg29260] Re: Replacing 1 to many in a list
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 03:08:48 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi,
i = 1;
vector /. Null :> x[i++]
Regards
Jens
Chris Johnson wrote:
>
> I think this is probably simple, but I can't find a natural way to do it
> yet. I hope someone out there can help. I have a vector numbers with
> some Null's scattered throughout. The number and location of missing data
> varies. For example,
>
> vector = {6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, Null, 6, Null, 44, Null, 4, 4, 5}
>
> Position[vector, Null]
>
> {{7}, {9}, {11}}
>
> Now "/." will let me replace all instances of Null with the same variable
> but I want to replace each instance with a different variable. I would
> prefer to use x[1], x[2] and x[3], but if it were easier, then x[7], x[9]
> and x[11] would be OK also.
>
> The prefered end result would be:
>
> {6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, x[1], 6, x[2], 44, x[3], 4, 4, 5}
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Chris