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franklin
franklin

Reputation: 1819

using nested arrays and lists in mathematica

Absolute beginner question here. I have two lists in mathematica. The first one was generated by the Table command:

Table[QP[[i]], {i, 10}] which generates the list:

{52.5, 45., 37.5, 30., 22.5, 15., 7.5, 0., -7.5, -15.}

the second is a Range

Range[0, 9, 1]

which generates {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}

I need to get these into a list of lists. i.e. {{0,52.5},{1,45} ... } etc. But I can't seem to get it. Do you need to use loops? Because I think that what I want can be generated with the Table and Array commands.

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 716

Answers (4)

Jonathan
Jonathan

Reputation: 1507

The first parameter of Table can be any expression. You can have it output a list of lists, by specifying a list as the first parameter:

Table[{i-1, QP[[i]]}, {i, 10}]
(* {{0, QP[[1]]}, {1, QP[[2]]}, ... {8, QP[[9]]}, {9, QP[[10]]}} *)

Upvotes: 5

rcollyer
rcollyer

Reputation: 10695

To complete the exposition of methods, you could use MapIndexed

MapIndexed[{First[#2] - 1,#1}&, data]

where

data = {52.5, 45., 37.5, 30., 22.5, 15., 7.5, 0., -7.5, -15.}

Or, you could use MapThread

MapThread[List, {Range[0,9], data}]

Although, MapIndexed is more appropriate since it does not require you to generate an extra list.

A last point I want to make is that your code Table[QP[[i]], {i, 10}] implies that QP itself is a list. (The double brackets, [[ ]], gave it away.) If that is correct, than Table isn't the best way to generate a subset, you can use Part ([[ ]]) along with Span directly

QP[[ 1 ;; 10 ]]

or

QP[[ ;; 10 ]]

Then, you can replace data in the first bits of code with either of those forms.

Upvotes: 4

Dr. belisarius
Dr. belisarius

Reputation: 61046

Thread[List[Range[0, 9], QP[[;; 10]]]]

Upvotes: 5

681234
681234

Reputation: 4284

Transpose may be what you want: 

list1 = {52.5, 45., 37.5, 30., 22.5, 15., 7.5, 0., -7.5, -15.}

list2 = Range[0, 9, 1]
Transpose[{list2, list1}]

gives

{{0, 52.5}, {1, 45.}, {2, 37.5}, {3, 30.}, {4, 22.5}, {5, 15.}, {6, 7.5}, {7, 0.}, {8, -7.5}, {9, -15.}}

Upvotes: 7

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