Re: Find Elements Containing "r"
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg42533] Re: Find Elements Containing "r"
- From: bobhanlon at aol.com (Bob Hanlon)
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 20:53:13 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <beol9g$t12$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Select[{ar1,ar2,ab1,ab2,rab,ab3},
StringMatchQ[ToString[#],"*r*"]&]
{ar1, ar2, rab}
Cases[{ar1,ar2,ab1,ab2,rab,ab3},
_?(StringMatchQ[ToString[#],"*r*"]&)]
{ar1, ar2, rab}
Bob Hanlon
In article <beol9g$t12$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "Allan de Frates"
<oldwhitecar at hotmail.com> wrote:
<< How do I find all the elements of a list that contain the letter "r" or some
other text pattern? For example, if the list is {ar1, ar2, ab1, ab2, rab,
ab3} and I wanted element matching "r", the result would be {ar1, ar2, rab}.