second simple problem - clarification
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- Subject: [mg99668] second simple problem - clarification
- From: Francisco Gutierrez <fgutiers2002 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 05:19:48 -0400 (EDT)
In the problem below, I indeed found a solution. But I wonder if there is a faster/better/more elegant one.
My solution is:
posiciones2=Flatten[Position[ex,"M"]];
primerpaso=MapThread[Rule,{posiciones2,rL}];
ReplacePart[matriz2,primerpaso]
Thanks
Fg
PROBLEM
Dear sirs:
I have the following list:
ex={1,5,7,4,"M",6,7,8,9,1,"M",3}
I want to replace the M's in the following way: the first M by 5, and the second by2.
Thus I have a replacement list
rL={5,2}
The problem is to get ={1,5,7,4,5,6,7,8,9,1,2,3}
How can I do this in the most general form (for any length of ex and any number of values of "M")?
Thanks
Francisco