Re: Drop elements from list
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- Subject: [mg94216] Re: Drop elements from list
- From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 06:21:38 -0500 (EST)
- References: <ghdmqj$flr$1@smc.vnet.net>
On Dec 6, 3:14 am, SigmundV <sigmu... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear group,
>
> Consider a list of length, say, 20:
>
> a = RandomReal[{},20];
>
> How would you then drop/delete elements, say, 2-5 and 7-10 from this
> list? The built-in function Drop does not seem to include such a
> possibility. I should add that I do not have access to Mathematica 7,
> so any solution should work in version 6.
>
> Kind regards,
> Sigmund
I'm surprised no one mentioned Delete, as in
Delete[a, Transpose@Flatten@{Range[2,5],Range[7,10]} ].