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Re: Combining Lists?

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  • Subject: [mg8596] Re: [mg8572] Combining Lists?
  • From: mabi at solidmr.kun.nl (Marlies Brinksma)
  • Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 03:07:14 -0400
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

> 
> I think this is a pretty easy question so I hope someone will be able
> to answer it, I just can't figure out how to do it.  If you have two
> lists, for example {1, 2, 3} and {4, 5, 6}.  Is there a command to
> combine them into a series of XY pairs like {{1, 4}, {2, 5}, {3, 6}}? 
> The book doesn't seem to have such a command, but I suspect one exists. 
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
> 

Hi,

The following input in Mathematica performs what you wanted:


In[8]:=
MapThread[List,{{1,2,3},{4,5,6}}]

Out[8]=
{{1,4},{2,5},{3,6}}


Marlies Brinksma


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