Re: redundant brackets
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- Subject: [mg27018] Re: redundant brackets
- From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:22:34 -0500 (EST)
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"Joerg Reinnarth" <reinnart at iskp.uni-bonn.de> wrote in message news:9560t8$51 at smc.vnet.net... > Dear Groups, > > I produce a table in a function. > > The entries of the table contain redundant brackets. > > For example { {0}, {{{{{{14}}}}}, {{{3}}} }. > > I want to get these brackets away, but using Simplify or FullSimplify does not help. That is because "brackets" (actually braces in this example) are never redundant. They are always interpreted as indicating structure. If they really have no meaning, why not rewrite the original function so it doesn't create them in the first place? That is the easiest and most obvious solution. If the desired output should be: { {0}, {14}, {3} }. Then the generating function should be placing these values at the same level in the list array. If it does not, it should be reexamined. Here is why: FullForm[{ {0}, {{{{{{14}}}}}}, {{{3}}} }] List[List[0],List[List[List[List[List[List[14]]]]]],List[List[List[3]]]] In other words, the braces in your example are not arbitrary, like nested parentheses would be. Also, your posted example has a typo -- one too few right braces. -- Paul Lutus www.arachnoid.com