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Re: Flatten and BlockProcessing

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  • Subject: [mg65656] Re: [mg65618] Flatten and BlockProcessing
  • From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:00:06 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200604110804.EAA11217@smc.vnet.net>
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On Apr 11, 2006, at 4:04 AM, Maarten van der Burgt wrote:

> Hallo,
>
> I have a structure M:
>
> M = {{{{a, b}, {e, f}}, {{c, d}, {g, h}}}, {{{k, l}, {o, p}}, {{m,  
> n}, {q,
> r}}}}
>
>
> M//Dimensions
>
> gives
>
> {2, 2, 2, 2},
>
> (or more general {n1, n2, m1, m2}; M is the result of the  
> BlockProcessing
> function from the Image Processing package)
>
> Does anyone know an elegant way of 'flattening' M to give
>
> {{a, b, c, d}, {e, f, g, h}, {k, l, m, n}, {o, p, q, r}}
>
> with dimensions {4, 4} (or more general {n1*m1, n2*m2})?
>
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
>
> Maarten

Here is a newbie approach for the particular case:

In[1]:=
mat = {{{{a, b}, {e, f}},
     {{c, d}, {g, h}}},
    {{{k, l}, {o, p}},
     {{m, n}, {q, r}}}}
Out[1]=
{{{{a, b}, {e, f}},
    {{c, d}, {g, h}}},
   {{{k, l}, {o, p}},
    {{m, n}, {q, r}}}}

In[2]:=
Flatten[
   ((Join[#1[[1]],
        #1[[2]]] & ) /@
      Transpose[#1] & ) /@
    mat, 1]
Out[2]=
{{a, b, c, d}, {e, f, g, h},
   {k, l, m, n}, {o, p, q, r}}

That might help to find a solution for the general case.

János


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