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Re: create character listing

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  • Subject: [mg112558] Re: create character listing
  • From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:41:45 -0400 (EDT)
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  • Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>

On 9/19/2010 5:38 AM, shippee wrote:
> What would be the best way to create a character/string listing of all
> values in columnar format from "aaa" through "bzz"?  I'd like to end
> up with something like:
>
> aaa
> aab
> aac
> ...
> ...
> bzz

Here's one way.

alphabet = CharacterRange["a", "z"]

triples = Outer[StringJoin, {"a", "b"}, alphabet, alphabet]

Column[Flatten[triples]]


-- 
Helen Read
University of Vermont


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