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Re: Replace elements in a matrix

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  • Subject: [mg116468] Re: Replace elements in a matrix
  • From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:36:23 -0500 (EST)

On 2/15/11 at 6:32 AM, kp.0987 at gmail.com (kiz_0987) wrote:

>I'm new to Mathematica and have a question regarding matrices. I was
>sure that this problem must have been answered in the past, but
>could not find a solution.

>I want to replace some elements in a matrix (based on value) with
>elements from another matrix at the same position. Eg: a = {{0,
>1}, {1, 2}};
>b = {{1, 3}, {2, 5}};


>I want to replace the elements in "a" which are equal to 1 (say)
>with the same position elements in b to give: c = {{0, 3}, {2, 2}};

>How can I do this?

Here is one way

In[19]:= b + Unitize[a - 1] (a - b)

Out[19]= {{0, 3}, {2, 2}}

Unitize makes all non-zero entries 1. So, in each position where
a is 1, the expression above becomes b + 0 = b and for each
position where a is not 1 it becomes

b + (a -b) = a



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