Re: Adding the elements of a list sequentially
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- Subject: [mg109339] Re: Adding the elements of a list sequentially
- From: mokambo <alexandrepassosalmeida at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:43:06 -0400 (EDT)
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On Apr 22, 8:29 am, eba... at illinois.edu wrote:
> I am looking for an efficient way to add the elements of a list
> sequentially onto another list
>
> For example, generate list c, given lists a and b:
>
> a = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
> b = {1,2}
>
> c = {2,4,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}
>
> another example:
>
> a = {1,1,1,1,1}
> b = {1,2,3}
>
> c = {2,3,4,2,3}
>
> It seems like there must be a built in function to do this, but
> have been unable to find it.
>
> Thanks a 10^6
> Jason Ebaugh
One way to do it is:
c = a + PadRight[b, Length[a], b]
Alex