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

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• Subject: [mg69917] Re: [mg69876] How to remove just the outermost braces of a list?
• From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
• Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:05:21 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <200609260921.FAA08008@smc.vnet.net>

On Sep 26, 2006, at 5:21 AM, Nasser Abbasi wrote:

> 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

Here is a very newbie approach:

In[23]:=
StringJoin[ToString[e[[1]]],
   ",", ToString[e[[2]]]]
Out[23]=
"a,{b}"

János


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