On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 02:43:12PM +1300, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> I have a list with an even number of elements, and I want to step
> through each pair of elements.
>
> So, for example, with the list ls=[1,2,3,4,5,6], I want to deal with 1,2
> then 3,4 then 5,6.
this is not a python solution, but an excellent opportunity to show some
of the nicer features of pike:
array ls=({ 1,2,3,4,5,6 });
array pairs=ls/2;
the result is then:
({ ({ 1,2 }), ({ 3,4 }), ({ 5,6 }) })
greetings, martin.
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