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Re: Function

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  • Subject: [mg3888] Re: [mg3819] Function
  • From: Dennis M Schneider <dschneid at knox.edu>
  • Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 23:22:16 -0400
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

On Sat, 27 Apr 1996, Roberto Diego wrote:

> Could you please give me some advice?
> 
>  I4m trying to find a function that works on a list like {a1, a2, a3, 
> a4, ..., an} and returns a list like {a2/a1, a3/a2, a4/a3, ... an/an-1}. 
> 
> It should be easy but I can4t find the answer.
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> 

Since Divide is listable, just form the two appropriate lists and apply 
Divide.

ratios[list_List] := Divide[Drop[list,1],Drop[list,-1]]



Dennis M. Schneider
Department of Mathematics
Knox College
Galesburg, IL  61401
(309) 341 7420


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