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  • Subject: [mg25408] List element manipulation
  • From: "Martin Rommel" <Martin_Rommel at mac.com>
  • Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 01:06:58 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I want to decrement the last number in list. This ought to be easy, but my
initial attempts did not bear fruits:

In[40]:=
MapAt[Decrement, Range[116, 166, 8], -1]

    Decrement::"rvalue": "164 is not a variable with a value, so its value
cannot be changed."

Out[40]=
{116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 164--}

Do I need to use ReplacePart? That works but still gives me an error!

In[53]:=
Range[116, 166, 8] // ReplacePart[#, --Last[#], -1] &

    Set::"write": "Tag Last in Last[{116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 164}] is
Protected."

Out[53]=
{116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 163}

Different error here:

In[51]:=
Range[116, 166, 8] // ReplacePart[#, --#[[-1]], -1] &

    Set::"setps": "{116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 164} in assignment of part
is not a symbol."

Out[51]=
{116, 124, 132, 140, 148, 156, 163}


Anybody out there able to enlighten me?

Thanks, Martin




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