Re: enumerating list items
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg56017] Re: enumerating list items
- From: "Ray Koopman" <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 01:11:05 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <d3g96u$t4i$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Søren Merser wrote:
> hi
>
> is there a way to make each item in the list 'assignable',
> i.e. i want to enumerate the items like id=1, gender=2 etc.
>
> a={"id", "gender", "status", "odag"}
>
> b=Range@Length@a
>
> a=b
>
> regards soren
Is this what you want?
In[1]:= a = {"id", "gender", "status", "odag"}
b = Range@Length@a
MapThread[#1 <> " = " <> ToString@#2 &, {a,b}]
Out[1]= {id, gender, status, odag}
Out[2]= {1, 2, 3, 4}
Out[3]= {id = 1, gender = 2, status = 3, odag = 4}