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Select

  • Select[ list , crit ] picks out all elements of list for which crit [ ] is True.
  • Select[ list , crit , n ] picks out the first n elements for which crit [ ] is True.
  • Example: Select[ 1,4,2,7,6 , EvenQ].
  • The object list can have any head, not necessarily List.
  • See the Mathematica book: Section 2.2.7.
  • See also: Cases, Take, Drop.
  • Related package: Statistics`DataManipulation`.

    Further Examples

    This selects the even numbers from the list.

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    This selects those numbers in the list that are greater than 10.

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