Re: second simple problem
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- Subject: [mg99683] Re: second simple problem
- From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
- Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 06:23:39 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <gu666q$9tf$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi, > 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 > Here is one way: res = ex; MapThread[(res[[#1]] = #2) &, {Position[ex, "M"], rL}]; res of course it will only work when Length[rL]==Length[Cases[ex,"M"]], if not, you would need to pad or cut rL. If you don't need ex anymore, you can of course operate directly on ex instead of the copy res. hth, albert