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Here is the association I have:

assc = {"abc" -> 2.456, "efg" -> 3.652, "_final" -> 6.108}

I need to remove all key-value pairs where keys start with '_'. I am new to Mathematica, so can anyone please help me out with this. I have a condition (mentioned below), I just don't know how to apply it on an association using 'select'?

The condition I have is:

(StringStartsQ[Keys[assc], "_"])

Output:= {False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, \
False, False, False, False, False, True, True, True, True, True}
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    $\begingroup$ Try Pick[assc, StringStartsQ[Keys[assc], Except["_"]]] $\endgroup$
    – Coolwater
    Jun 15, 2018 at 19:30
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    $\begingroup$ Point of information: assc = {"abc" -> 2.456, ... } is a list of rules not an association. $\endgroup$
    – Edmund
    Jun 15, 2018 at 20:20

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Select

Select[
 assc
 , Not[
   StringStartsQ[
    Keys[#]
    , "_"
    ]
   ] &
 ]

DeleteCases

DeleteCases[
 assc
 , _?(StringStartsQ[Keys[#], "_"] &)
 ]

KeySelect

Thanks to @JasonB for this solution.

KeySelect[
 assc
 , Not@*StringStartsQ["_"]
 ]
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    $\begingroup$ You can shorten it a bit with KeySelect[ assc, Not@*StringStartsQ["_"]] $\endgroup$
    – Jason B.
    Jun 15, 2018 at 19:26
  • $\begingroup$ @JasonB. Thanks! Didn't know about that one! Incorporated to the answer. $\endgroup$
    – rhermans
    Jun 15, 2018 at 19:29
  • $\begingroup$ @rhermans: Thank you so much for your help. Unfortunately the solutions using 'Select' and 'DeleteCases' did not produce the correct result, I'm still trying on making it work. $\endgroup$
    – Rajat Bhattacharjee
    Jun 15, 2018 at 22:17
  • $\begingroup$ @JasonB. Thank you! The solution worked. Much appreciated! :) $\endgroup$
    – Rajat Bhattacharjee
    Jun 15, 2018 at 22:18
  • $\begingroup$ @Rajat Bhattacharjee Your edit was somewhat too extensive. That's why I voted for its rejection. However, I see that you found several caveats and their resolutions. Hence, I would like to encourage you to post your edit it as a separate answer. $\endgroup$
    – Henrik Schumacher
    Jun 15, 2018 at 22:42

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