Re: Transforming a list
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- Subject: [mg103130] Re: [mg103108] Transforming a list
- From: Thomas Dowling <thomasgdowling at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:40:55 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200909080958.FAA26578@smc.vnet.net>
Hello,
lst = {{c, e, g}, {d, f}, {e, g}, {f}, {g}, {}};
In[116]= Flatten[lst, {{2}, {1}}]
Out[116]= {{c, d, e, f, g}, {e, f, g}, {g}}
>From Carl Woll originally, I think.
Good luck
Tom Dowling
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Don <donabc at comcast.net> wrote:
> I am given: lst = {{c, e, g}, {d, f}, {e, g}, {f}, {g}, {}}
>
> I want to form a list of sublists where the first sublist consists of the
> first elements
> from each sublist of lst, the second sublist the second elements from each
> of the sublists of lst etc.
>
> The final outcome should be:
> {{c, d, e, f, g}, {e, f, g}, {g}}
>
> I can do this by first padding the sublists of lst (to make them the same
> length)and then using Transpose. But how to get rid of the trailings 0's?
>
> For example:
>
> newLst = Map[PadRight[#, Length[lst[[1]]]] &, lst]
>
> Transpose[newLst]
>
> which produces:
>
> {{c, d, e, f, g, 0}, {e, f, g, 0, 0, 0}, {g, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}}
>
> Is there a better way to end up with
>
> {{c, d, e, f, g}, {e, f, g}, {g}}
>
> Thank you.
>
>
- References:
- Transforming a list
- From: Don <donabc@comcast.net>
- Transforming a list