Re: Finding the Position of Elements in a List that Contain
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- Subject: [mg102235] Re: [mg102157] Finding the Position of Elements in a List that Contain
- From: Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca>
- Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 05:58:54 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <20090731232907.NREXA.9319.imail@eastrmwml48>
Ahhh, thank you, Bob! Elegant. Just pull out the first dimension of
each element of StringPosition.
Gregory
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Bob Hanlon wrote:
> listOfStrings = {"The cat is here.", "It's not here.",
> "Not in the catalogue,", "Where is the cat?"};
>
> First /@ Position[
> StringPosition[listOfStrings, "cat"], {_, _}]
>
> {1,3,4}