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I like to delete the sublist that have the second element "" (or any other you can set as "-1" or "A")

In the next example, I would like to erase the first and third sublist. How can I do this with DeleteCases or a similar way?. Thinking in larger lists.

a = {
  {"A", "", 0, 23},
  {"B", "ber", 0, 23},
  {"C", "", 0, 23},
  {"D", "der", 0, 23},
  {"E", "eer", 0, 23}
  }
DeleteCases[a, a[[i, 2]] == ""]

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    $\begingroup$ DeleteCases[a, {_, "", __}]. $\endgroup$
    – J. M.'s slightly less busy ♦
    Jul 26, 2016 at 15:18
  • $\begingroup$ @J.M. thank you, ok. The documentation is not much usefull for me. This forum is the best for learning. $\endgroup$
    – Mika Ike
    Jul 26, 2016 at 15:25
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    $\begingroup$ If you understood how that worked, consider writing an answer to your question. $\endgroup$
    – J. M.'s slightly less busy ♦
    Jul 26, 2016 at 15:29

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Use only Delete:

a = {{"A", "", 0, 23}, {"B", "ber", 0, 23}, {"C", "", 0, 23}, {"D", 
   "der", 0, 23}, {"E", "eer", 0, 23}}

$\left( \begin{array}{cccc} \text{A} & \text{} & 0 & 23 \\ \text{B} & \text{ber} & 0 & 23 \\ \text{C} & \text{} & 0 & 23 \\ \text{D} & \text{der} & 0 & 23 \\ \text{E} & \text{eer} & 0 & 23 \\ \end{array} \right)$

Delete[a, {{1}, {3}}]

$\left( \begin{array}{cccc} \text{B} & \text{ber} & 0 & 23 \\ \text{D} & \text{der} & 0 & 23 \\ \text{E} & \text{eer} & 0 & 23 \\ \end{array} \right)$

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