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Re: Simple list operation

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  • Subject: [mg59490] Re: Simple list operation
  • From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 02:58:42 -0400 (EDT)
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On 8/9/05 at 3:30 AM, stevebg at adelphia.net (Steve Gray) wrote:


>Not having used Mathematica for months, I have forgotten some of
>the little I knew.

>I have a list of lists like this:

>test = {  {{4, 5}, {5, 9}, {6, 2}}, 
>    {{2, 3},  {3, 5}},
>    {{7,1}, {9, 8}, {0, 7}, {2, 8}},
>    {{4, 3}, {6, 5}}};

>What I want to do is just remove the last element in each sublist,
>with this result:

>           {{{4, 5}, {5, 9}},
>             {{2, 3}},
>             {{7, 1}, {9, 8}, {0, 7}},
>             {{4, 3}}}

>There must be some simple functional way to do this, but I haven't
>found it. I will appreciate any tips. Thank you.

Use Most, i.e,

Most/@test

{{{4, 5}, {5, 9}}, {{2, 3}}, 
  {{7, 1}, {9, 8}, {0, 7}}, 
  {{4, 3}}}
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