Re: Converting {{a,b},{c,d}} to just {a,b},{c,d} (no enclosing parens) ?
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- Subject: [mg28781] Re: Converting {{a,b},{c,d}} to just {a,b},{c,d} (no enclosing parens) ?
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 20:18:14 -0400 (EDT)
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The function Level can be useful on nested lists:
Level[{{1,2},{{3,4},{{{5,6}},{7,8}}}},{-2}]
{{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8}}
To get a sequence:
Sequence@@%
Sequence[{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8}]
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"aes" <siegman at stanford.edu> wrote in message
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> How can I convert a list of pairs, like
>
> {{a,b},{c,d},{e,f},. . . }}
>
> into just a sequence of pairs, i.e.
>
> {a,b}, {c,d}, {e,f}, . . .
>
> with no outer { }'s?
>
> Reason for doing this? Want to define a Line in the form
>
> Line[{pt1, pt2, pt3, pt4, pt5, pt6, . . . . . . }]
>
> where some of the points, say pt1 through pt4 are individually defined;
> but then a sequence, say pt5 through pt20, are defined by a Table; then
> pt21, etc are back to individual definitions.
>
> I know -- I could break these into a sequence of Lines -- but it would
> be cleaner if there were a simple way to have one Line[ ] command with
> all the points inside it.
>