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RE: How to remove just the outermost braces of a list?

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  • Subject: [mg69898] RE: [mg69876] How to remove just the outermost braces of a list?
  • From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:03:57 -0400 (EDT)

Nasser,

One possibility is...

e = {a, {b}};
Print[StringDrop[StringDrop[ToString[e], 1], -1]]
a, {b}

David Park
djmp at earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/

From: Nasser Abbasi [mailto:nma at 12000.org]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net


hello

I thought this will be easy, but I can't seem to find an easy way to do the
following.

e={a,{b}}
Print[e]  ------> This will print {a,{b}}

What can I do to make it print   a,{b}  ?

Flatten does not do it.  TableForm came close, but it removes all braces,
not just the outermost.

Many times I get a list as a result which I want to print, but I do not want
the outermost braces to be displayed as well. I want to display just the
content of the list.

thanks,
Nasser



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