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Re: Handling a list: Could you find a more elegant solution?

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  • Subject: [mg38241] Re: Handling a list: Could you find a more elegant solution?
  • From: "Steve Luttrell" <luttrell at _removemefirst_westmal.demon.co.uk>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 04:09:38 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <asn36u$40k$1@smc.vnet.net>
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This does what you want:

list1 = {a, b, c, d, e}

Apply[Plus, Partition[list1, 2, 1], 1]/2


Steve Luttrell


<guillerm at usal.es> wrote in message news:asn36u$40k$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> I have a list:
>
> list1 = {a, b, c, d, e};
>
> I want manipulate the list to obtain:
>
> (*Out[]:{(a + b)/2, (b + c)/2, (c + d)/2, (d + e)/2}*)
>
> It can be done for this function
>
> f[data_List] := Drop[Plus @@ NestList[RotateRight, data,
>       1], 1]/2
>
> f[list1]
>
> but I am sure that some member of the group can find a more elegant
function. I
> will appreciate to know it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Guillermo Sanchez
>
>
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