Re: Finds strings in a list that begin with "A"
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- Subject: [mg82370] Re: Finds strings in a list that begin with "A"
- From: Peter <petsie63 at googlemail.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:02:49 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <ff4egn$d6p$1@smc.vnet.net>
On Oct 17, 9:44 am, tomfabtas... at hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to look through a list of strings and return all strings
> that start with an "A".
>
> For example, my list could be :
>
> {"And", "Bat", "Artistic", "Cob"} so I want to return {"And",
> "Artistic"}.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
Hi Tom,
two possibilities are:
In[1]:=
Flatten[StringCases[{"And", "Bat", "Artistic", "Cob"},
StringExpression["A", ___]], 1]
Out[1]=
{"And", "Artistic"}
In[2]:=
Pick[#1, StringTake[#1, 1], "A"]&[{"And", "Bat", "Artistic", "Cob"}]
Out[2]=
{"And", "Artistic"}
Peter