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Select

FilledSmallSquare Select[list, crit] picks out all elements of list for which crit[] is True.

FilledSmallSquare Select[list, crit, n] picks out the first n elements for which crit[] is True.

FilledSmallSquare Example: Select[1,4,2,7,6, EvenQ] LongRightArrow.

FilledSmallSquare The object list can have any head, not necessarily List.

FilledSmallSquare Select can be used on SparseArray objects.

FilledSmallSquare See Section 2.2.7.

FilledSmallSquare See also: Cases, Take, Drop.

FilledSmallSquare Related package: Statistics`DataManipulation`.

FilledSmallSquare New in Version 1.

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