Re: Replacing 1 to many in a list
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- Subject: [mg29276] Re: Replacing 1 to many in a list
- From: Carlos Collier <ccollier at tycho.fciencias.unam.mx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 03:09:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
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Hi!, here's an idea vector = {6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, Null, 6, Null, 44, Null, 4, 4, 5}; pos = Flatten[Position[vector, Null]] {7, 9, 11} dat = Map[x, pos] {x[7], x[9], x[11]} vector[[pos]] = dat; vector {6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, x[7], 6, x[9], 44, x[11], 4, 4, 5} - also - dat2 = Array[x, Length[dat]]; vector[[pos]] = dat2; vector {6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, x[1], 6, x[2], 44, x[3], 4, 4, 5} Saludos Carlos On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, 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 > > >