Re: Decompose string into list
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- Subject: [mg64089] Re: [mg64079] Decompose string into list
- From: "David Annetts" <davidannetts at aapt.net.au>
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 04:34:20 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi Renan,
> I can make a string from a list, using:
>
> In[1]:= StringJoin @@ {"F", "o", "o", " ", "b", "a", "r"}
> Out[1]:= Foo bar
>
> But I want to "decompose" a string into a list composed by
> its elements, e.g.
>
> "Foo bar" turns back into {"F", "o", "o", " ", "b", "a", "r"}
> "Hello" turns back into {"H","e","l","l","o"}.
>
> How to do this? Mathematica 5.2 on Windows.
One approach is to iterate over the length of the string, appending each of
its elements to a list, eg
str = "Hello";
StringTake[str, {#}] & /@ Range[StringLength@str]
Another is to use StringSplit.
StringSplit["Hello", ""]
StringSplit["Foo bar", ""]
Regards,
Dave.