Questions tagged [filtering]
Questions on filtering or selecting data based on certain criteria. This is to be used with primary tags such as list-manipulation, string-manipulation or signal-processing, with the primary tag indicating the specific use case.
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Dropping list elements from nested list after evaluation
I need to create a new list from a nested list but using the evaluation as criteria to drop the elements. For example let's say that that I have the following list:
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Eliminate empty elements from a list with a specific pattern
I am really new in this patterns part of Mathematica. Basically what I need to do is eliminate null elements from a list but that has a specific name before the empty element. For example, my list is: ...
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Separating variables in a set of equations
I have a very large set of equations eqs with variables denoted by capital letters like PVA[2], QA[2], etc. and small letters like ica[1,2], tr[2,3] etc. And I have ...
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Export XYZ matrix selecting positive Z data points in three files and keeping the matrix form
The following code saves XYZ points in a separated file but keeping the matrix shape.
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Select one among multiple solutions that satisfies a certain condition and 3D Plot it with varying simulation values
My function is as follows:
$$f(x)=ax^5+bx^4+cx^3+dx^2+ex+g=0$$
Since it does not generate an analytical solution, I tried to do a simulation exercise as follows.
Simulation values: $a=-2$, $b=3$, $...
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1answer
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Select Specific StarData
The help menu for StarData has many examples such as
StarData[EntityClass[
"Star", {EntityProperty["Star", "DistanceFromEarth"] ->
TakeSmallest[10]}]]
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1answer
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How to check format [closed]
I am having troubles with the following data:
slavelist = ResourceData["New Orleans Slave Sales 1856-1861"]
I want to select all slaves with:
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Selecting elements of a list based on frequency
Suppose I have a list as follow:
l = {{"a", "b", "c"}, {"a", "b"}, {"a", "d", "b"}, {"a", "c", "e"}};
Now I am going to flatten it and apply ...
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Commonest[] function doesn't actually show commonest elements
I'm using Commonest function on a list with 500000 words to get the 10 most frequent elements. Then by using WordCloud, I found ...
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1answer
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Solving x'[t]+a*x[t]==0, listing all the solutions, trying to get the value -1x<1 and all corresponding value of a
I am Trying to solve x'[t]+a*x[t]==0,x[0]==1, for x with {t,0,10} using NDSolve.
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solving inside for loop and sorting x which are less than 3 and greater than -3 from the list
I give a simple function code here...
Clear[a, x, t];
s = ParametricNDSolve[{x'[t] + a*x[t] == 0, x[0]==1}, x, {t, 0, 100}, {a}]
y = x[1] /. s
y[5] /. s
I ...
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Filter lists by discarding sublists that contain integers different from 0 or 1
Imagine I have a list of the type
Lst = {{1,0,1,1},{4,0,1,1}, {1,1,0,0},{2,1,1,1},{0,0,0,1}}
I want to select only those sublists that only contain elements 0 ...
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2answers
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How to remove from the data the rows of with fixed number of elements? [closed]
Consider the data which has the form
data = {{x1,y1,z1},{x2,y2,z2,t2},{x3,y4,z4,t4},{x5,y5,z5},...}
How to remove the rows containing three elements from the ...
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How to get a directed graph of size N which is also a connected component?
I need to get graphs of size N, in which the whole graph is a connected component. In particular, I'm working with a Albert-Barabasi distribution, with k=2, and random directed edges.
Right now I'm ...
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1answer
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How to select the data in a given way?
Consider the data
data = {{x1,y1,z1},{x2,y2,z2},{x3,y3,z3},{x4,y4,z4},{x5,y5,z5},{x6,y6,z6},...}
with N rows.
It can be divided into N/6 sets of 6 rows. I want ...
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3answers
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Signal Processing [closed]
The image above is the list plot of discrete data I'm working on. Please I need help on how to zero out all the high amplitudes signal from the data. That is all the data in areas circled, I want to ...
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2answers
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Selecting based on criterion on a single column [duplicate]
I have an array that looks like M = {a, b, c, d}, where a, b, c, d are column vectors. I want to select rows from this array ...
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How to visualize and interactively correct time series data [closed]
I am looking for an efficient method to visualize measured time series data with about 100.000 data points per year, such that eye-catching data points may interactively be tagged as suspicious, e.g. ...
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0answers
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Select certain term containing some patterns and confusing pattern Alternatives in FreeQ
I am considering a function termsContain[func_,list_] which select in an expression func the terms containing the ones in the ...
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Removing anomalous points from data
I have two sets of 2d-data points which can be transformed in each other by using a certain transformation function.
The problem is that in both data sets there are points which do not have ...
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Why Cases and Select treat the List differently?
Look at these two examples:
In[1]:=Select[f[i], MatchQ[_f]]
Out[1]:=f[]
In[2]:=Cases[f[i],_f]
Out[2]:={}
It seems that the Select take $f[i]$ as List, but Cases ...
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2answers
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Select certain terms in an expression
I would like to have a function to select terms containing q[i] terms in expressions, for example, for an expression
a q[i]+b +c q[j]+d
I would like the function ...
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1answer
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Cleaning away data points which are enveloped within a function
I have some data taken in an experiment which I want to fit and analyse. But before I start fitting function, I want to clean points away in a robust but elegant way.
I first provide some sample data ...
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using DeleteCases to delete vectors with particular index as 0
Assume I have a set of vectors
set = {{0,1,1,0,1}, {1,0,1,1,1}, {1,1,1,1,0},{1,0,0,1,0}}.
I want to delete the vectors which have the last entry as 0. In the ...
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2answers
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Select items from dataset with GUI using checkbox and Togglebar : empty results with DynamicModule
I have a dataset or records, I want to select records with a GUI (manually ticking on the selected item).
Then, I want to apply functions to those items (not in this question).
I think Im almost ...
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3answers
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Filter periodical sharp spikes in experimental data
I have experimental data with periodic sharp artefact spikes, which mask the real signal that could be seen as several negative peaks in the first third part on the curve:
Is it possible somehow to ...
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3answers
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How to use “Cases” for isolating terms of a sum in a nice way?
I'd like to isolate some terms with specific patterns within a sum that I called chunk.
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1answer
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Cases, Pattern, Condition [duplicate]
I supposed Cases would do the list produced as example
li = RandomSample[Range[100, 999], 30]
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4answers
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How to construct a list of lengths efficiently
Say I have a sorted list of integers
RandomInteger[{1, 100000}, 10000] // Sort // Short
I want to construct another list whose $m$-th element is the number of ...
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Replace single element of a nested list with multiple elements
I wonder how to replace specific element (even though repeated) within sublists of a nested list with multiple elements while maintaining the list structure. Suppose the following:
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Cross checking lists and dropping points that do not belong
I have a list of data that I would like to cross examine with a "correct" list of values and pick out the correct values.
For example:
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How to use Select for a specific nested list level
I would like to parse every sublist of a nested list and select only those elements that have a certain length, i.e., smaller than 10 elements while maintaining the list structure. Is there any quick ...
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Using DeleteCases to match a string pattern
I am trying to remove all of the elements from a list that contain the characters "err" in that order.
I expect the following code to return an empty list:
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Ways to speed up Pick
I have a few large arrays (100 times larger than in the example) and I need to re-arrange them. Basically using tests on b and c...
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Deleting duplicates only if they are a certain kind of duplicate
I have a list of tuples like this:
{{1,a,b},{1,1,b},{1,a,a},{b,a,1},{b,a,b}}
I would like to find a way to delete all those tuples in the list that contain a ...
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Deleting sub-list that contains duplicates
I have a large list of uniform-length lists. What is an efficient way to delete component lists that contain duplicates? For three-item sub-lists, I have used the following code:
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DeleteCases does not work with EvenQ? While `Select` works fine [closed]
EvenQ[FromDigits /@ Tuples[{2, 3, 5, 7}, 5]]
Works fine. But
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Select equations with RHS!=0 from a list
I need to select from a list containing equations those having RHS not zero
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How to automatically select solutions from a set of solutions given by Solve?
I have a function of trigonometric functions which must be equated to zero in order to obtain the appropriate results. This is done in the following fashion:
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1answer
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How to replace a special arrow and row in a matrix with a symbol and drop it? [closed]
I need to do a iteration, if condition[i] is true, I want to drop i row and i column in the matrix A. To keep the index of A unchanged, I think I should replace i row and i column as zero or other ...
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1answer
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Filter rows in nested Association / Dataset using Select
The Dataset I am working with has the following nested structure.
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1answer
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Select elements in a list of tuples of quaternions that satisfy a condition
I defined 24 quaternions using the Quaternions package and i create the list of all possible 4-tuples using
ListQuad = Tuples[ListQuaternions, 4]
where ...
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Finding items satisfying a condition in a list using patterns
Why the following command
Cases[{1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 8, 5}, {x_, y_, z_} /; (y > Max[x, z]):>y]
doesn't return the y values that are greater than their ...
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Given a list of integers, find the largest sum of a contiguous subsequence
Given a list of integers, find the largest sum of a contiguous sub-sequence.
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, -1, 7, -4, -2}
(* 21 *)
And print the sub-array which is ...
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how to filter a table based on predicates involving column values
I would like to select a small subset of rows of a table based on a predicate involving multiple columns.
Here's a small example of what I want using For[]:
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Scraping Images that are Directly Embedded in a Webpage or Dynamic?
I need to scrape URLs for photo albums like Flickr and Facebook for images from a certain event.
I'm trying to use Import["link", "Images"], as shown at
https://...
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Why does N result in some inconsistency in this context?
In the following, why does N not produce the expected decimal output, while Round does?
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How to build a list of elements satisfying a certain property without building a list of all elements first?
Is there a way to directly build a list of elements that satisfy a certain property? More precisely, I am looking for a function IncludeIf (this is a placeholder ...
