Re: Partition
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- Subject: [mg71678] Re: [mg71611] Partition
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:49:08 -0500 (EST)
- References: <200611251036.FAA15445@smc.vnet.net>
On 25 Nov 2006, at 19:36, KFUPM wrote:
> Dear All
>
> 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.
>
> I would appreciate it if you can help me in this regard,
>
> Thanks
>
> KFUPM
>
The most obvious way seems to be:
Flatten[{First[#],Rest[#]}&/@Partition[list,5],1]
{a,{b,c,d,e},f,{g,h,i,j},k,{l,m,n,o}}
Andrzej Kozlowski
Tokyo, Japan
- References:
- Partition
- From: "KFUPM" <hussain.alqahtani@gmail.com>
- Partition