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Partitioning a list into unequal partitions

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Subject: [mg47454] Partitioning a list into unequal partitions
From: "DIAMOND Mark R." <dot at dot.dot>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 06:26:07 -0400 (EDT)
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Could someone please show me a simple (non-procedural) way of partitioning a
list into 1,2,3 ... n disjoint sublists, where the length of the list is
guaranteed to be correct (i.e. n*(n+1)/2)

I can't see a way, and yet I'm sure there *must* be a one-liner using Fold.

Cheers

Mark R. Diamond

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