Re: list manipulation problem
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- Subject: [mg9082] Re: [mg9062] list manipulation problem
- From: mabi at solidmr.kun.nl (Marlies Brinksma)
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 23:33:01 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Teemu,
You could do the following:
In[1]:=
yourlist={{a,b,c},{d,e,f},{g, h, i}}
Out[1]=
{{a,b,c},{d,e,f},{g,h,i}}
In[2]:=
Map[Drop[#,-1]&,yourlist]
Out[2]=
{{a,b},{d,e},{g,h}}
Regards,
Marlies
> I have a list like=20
> {{a, b, c}, {d, e, f}, {g, h, i}}
> I need to delete the third term of each sublist.
> In other words how do I make the list look like
> {{a, b}, {d, e}, {g, h}}
> ///////////////////////////////////=20
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