title: Map Select for Conditional Query in Mathematica
body: <p>Using the following list,</p>
  
  <pre><code>list = {{a, b, c, d}, {1, 2, 3, 4}, {5, 6, 7, 8}};
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is it possible to select the lists where the second value is >3. Desired Output below</p>
  
  <pre><code>{5, 6, 7, 8}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>adjusting the following code that currently extract all the values >2 in a list</p>
  
  <pre><code>Select[#, # &gt; 2 &amp;] &amp; /@ list[[2 ;;]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Sophisticated solutions for queries can be found here <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6130276/conditional-data-manipulation-in-mathematica">Conditional Data Manipulation in Mathematica</a></p>