Re: Scalars Instead of Lists with One Element
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- Subject: [mg83461] Re: Scalars Instead of Lists with One Element
- From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:46:37 -0500 (EST)
- References: <fhu75c$72j$1@smc.vnet.net>
Gregory Lypny wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Say I have the list x={2, 7}. Is there a command I can use to get 2
> rather than {2} when I ask for x[[1]], and 7 rather than {7} when I
> ask for x[[2]]? Doing so would solve my problem with my tables being
> too deep to be able to cut and paste directly into the table objects
> of other applications like word processors and spread sheets.
>
I am not sure what you mean, since
In[1]:= x={2,7}
Out[1]= {2,7}
In[2]:= x[[1]]
Out[2]= 2
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Szabolcs