Re: second simple problem
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg99700] Re: second simple problem
- From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 06:26:52 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <gu666q$9tf$1@smc.vnet.net>
Francisco Gutierrez wrote: > 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 > ms = {5, 2} This was my first thought, but it makes me feel ill at ease ... a replacement should not have any side effects, and we should not count on the RHS of the rule being evaluated precisely once for each item replaced. Module[{c = 1}, ex /. "M" :> (ms[[c++]])] So here's a possibly better solution: ReplacePart[ex, Thread[Position[ex, "M"] -> ms]]