Position
 Usage
Notes
 Further Examples
The symbol c occurs in the third position of this list.
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This gives the positions of the elements of the list that are manifestly powers.
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We will find the positions of symbols in this list. Here are the heads of this list.
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Besides the first two elements of the expression, the head of the expression (List in position  ) also has head Symbol.
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Here are the numbers from  to  in steps of  . The number  occurs at position  .
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These numbers are imprecise, so this attempt to find the position of  fails.
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Using a test succeeds.
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The function ConsecutiveOccurrences1 gives the starting positions of all instances of n consecutive identical elements in a list.
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Here is a list.
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There are  consecutive occurrences of  identical elements in mm beginning at positions  ,  ,  and  .
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The function ConsecutiveOccurrences2 does the same thing as ConsecutiveOccurrences1.
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The defined function PositionsOfRuns returns the first and last positions of any runs in a list.
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The longest run of digits of  among the first  decimal places occurs from the  rd to the  th. The calculation uses  digits so that roundoff error will not affect the final result.
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