Re: Iterate Through a List
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- Subject: [mg77404] Re: Iterate Through a List
- From: "Drago Ganic" <dganic at vodatel.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 06:32:40 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <f4697t$3ps$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi,
just use First/@yourList
e.g.
lst = {{1,0},{1,1},{2,x+x^2+x^4},{2,1+x+x^2+x^4},{4,x+x^2},{4,1+x+x^2}}
First/@lst
{1,1,2,2,4,4}
Greetings,
drago
"Nick" <hoffmannick at gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f4697t$3ps$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Hello! I'm (somewhat) new to Mathematica and I need help to iterating
> through a list and counting the occurrence of a number.
>
> My list looks like:
>
> {{1,0},{1,1},{2,x+x^2+x^4},{2,1+x+x^2+x^4},{4,x+x^2},{4,1+x+x^2},{4,x+
> \
> x^4},{4,1+x+x^4},{4,x^2+x^4},{4,1+x^2+x^4},{4,x^3+x^4},{4,1+x^3+x^4},
> {\
> 4,x+x^2+x^3+x^4},{4,1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4},{5,x+x^3},{5,1+x+x^3},
> {5,x^2+x^3}\
> ,{5,1+x^2+x^3},{5,x+x^3+x^4},{5,1+x+x^3+x^4},{5,x^2+x^3+x^4},{5,1+x^2+
> \
> x^3+x^4},{8,x},{8,x^2},{8,x^3},{8,x^4},{8,1+x},{8,1+x^2},{8,1+x^3},
> {8,\
> x+x^2+x^3},{8,1+x+x^2+x^3},{8,1+x^4}}
>
> The number that I would need to keep track of is the first in each sub-
> list.
>
> So for the first couple {{1,0},{1,1},{2,x+x^2+x^4},{2,1+x+x^2+x^4},{4,x
> +x^2},........
>
> I would need to keep track of 1,1,2,2,4........
>
> It will not always be 1,2,4,5,8's. The numbers may be completely
> different on each pass. Each sublist may be composed of more items
> but the number that I need to keep track of will always be the 1st in
> the sub-list. Any help or suggestions that you can give me will be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
> -Nick
>
>