Re: Partition
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg71669] Re: Partition
- From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:48:53 -0500 (EST)
On 11/25/06 at 5:36 AM, hussain.alqahtani at gmail.com (KFUPM) wrote: >I have a very large list of numbers that look like this: ( although >the size is different) >list={a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o} >And i need to rewrite the list into >list2={a,{b,c,d,e},f,{g,h,i,j,},k,{l,m,n,o}} >Since my list is too big, i need Mathematica to do it for me >regardless of the site of the list. Here is one solution In[5]:= Flatten[{First@#,Rest@#}&/@Partition[list,5],1] Out[5]= {a,{b,c,d,e},f,{g,h,i,j},k,{l,m,n,o}} -- To reply via email subtract one hundred and four