Re: List difference using patterns and substitutions.
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- Subject: [mg71342] Re: [mg71306] List difference using patterns and substitutions.
- From: gardyloo <gardyloo at mail.wsu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:44:09 -0500 (EST)
- References: <200611141006.FAA06710@smc.vnet.net>
Not sure about the rule substitutions (I haven't thought about it much
at all, but it seems to me there will be at least two levels of rules
applied to get it to work). However, one can actually use a built-in
function (probably fast!):
In[1]:=
testList = Table[IntegerPart[10*Random[]], {10}]
Out[1]=
{9,2,5,9,4,3,4,0,5,3}
In[2]:=
ListCorrelate[{-1, 1}, testList]
Out[2]=
{-7,3,4,-5,-1,1,-4,5,-2}
Nacho wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm trying to figure how can I build a difference list from another
> using only patterns and rule substitutions.
>
> The idea is to get from a list, another, one element shorter, where
> each value is the substraction of two consecutive elements in the
> original list, that is, from {1,2,3,5,5} get {1,1,2,0}.
>
> I've been thinking about it for a while, and I know several methods
> using a more traditional programming style (with For, for example), but
> I have no idea if it is possible to make it simple and fast with rule
> substitutions.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
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- List difference using patterns and substitutions.