Re: arrange lists side by side
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg56559] Re: [mg56538] arrange lists side by side
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 03:19:59 -0400 (EDT)
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a={28,30,17}; b={1,2,9,4,5,7,3,8}; Thread[{b,Take[Flatten[ Table[a,{Ceiling[Length[b]/Length[a]]}]], Length[b]]}] {{1, 28}, {2, 30}, {9, 17}, {4, 28}, {5, 30}, {7, 17}, {3, 28}, {8, 30}} Bob Hanlon > > From: marloo3 at mail15.com To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Date: 2005/04/28 Thu AM 02:40:39 EDT > Subject: [mg56559] [mg56538] arrange lists side by side > > Hi > is there a way to spread out a small list over a bigger list recurrently like > this: > a={28, 30, 17}; > b={1, 2, 9, 4, 5, 7, 3, 8}; > to give the output: > {{1,28},{2,30},{9,17},{4,28},{5,30},{7,17},{3,28},{8,30}}; > the number of items in "b" do not neccesary multiples of the number of items > in "a" > mark > > okay this is my approach > > a={28,30,17}; > b={1,2,9,4,5,7,3,8}; > aa={};aa=Table[Join[aa,a],{i,Length[b]/Length[a]}] > > Out[]= > {{28,30,17},{28,30,17}} > > frc=Mod[Length[b],Length[a]]; > gg=Flatten[Join[aa,Part[a,{1,frc}]]]; > Transpose[Join[{b},{gg}]] > > Out[]= > {{1,28},{2,30},{9,17},{4,28},{5,30},{7,17},{3,28},{8,30}} > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > >