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How to transpose the 1st and -1th levels of arbitrarily nested array?



The Next CEO of Stack OverflowEmulating R data frame getters with UpValuesQuickly pruning elements in one structured array that exist in a separate unordered arrayJoining sub-lists nested two levels deep in a list`Part` like `Delete`: How to delete list of columns or arbitrarily deeper levelsHow to mesh a region using adaptive cubic elementsHow to efficiently Flatten nested lists while preserving select levels?Distribute elements of one line across arbitrary dimension of another listDeep level nested list addition`Transpose` nested `Association`Reformatting the pattern inside a list










5












$begingroup$


Is there a straightforward way to convert



arr = 
a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b
;


to:



a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, b, b, b, b, b, b, b, b


?



So I need to swap the first and last dimension. Which should in principle be possible because altough arr does not have a fixed structure the 'bottom' is always uniform:



Level[arr, -2]



a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b



Had Transpose/Flatten/MapThread accepted negative level specification it would have been easy. That is not the case.



One can think about that question as: how to create arr2 so that arr[[whatever__, y_]] == arr2[[y, whatever__]].



EDIT:



In general Level[arr, -2] should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.



So this:



a1, b1, a2, b2, a3, b3, a4, b4, a5, b5, a6, b6, a7,b7 ;


should end up:



 a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 , ...;








share











$endgroup$











  • $begingroup$
    Not a solution, but Flatten[MapIndexed[RotateRight[#2] -> #1 &, arr, -1]] gives you a list of rules of what needs to be constructed. I don't know of a way to construct it though: SparseArray does not construct ragged structures.
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    Maybe something along the lines of arr /. a,b->a,a,b->b? Or perhaps more generally, arr /. a_?VectorQ :> First@a, a_?VectorQ :> Last@a?
    $endgroup$
    – Carl Woll
    4 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    Does your list always contain a,b at the lowest level, or can there be anything there as long as they're all of same length?
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    @Roman Level[arr, -2]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
    $endgroup$
    – Kuba
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Kuba maybe you can come up with a recursion that constructs the result from the list of rules I gave 4 lines up? That would be a handy tool to have in any case.
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago
















5












$begingroup$


Is there a straightforward way to convert



arr = 
a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b
;


to:



a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, b, b, b, b, b, b, b, b


?



So I need to swap the first and last dimension. Which should in principle be possible because altough arr does not have a fixed structure the 'bottom' is always uniform:



Level[arr, -2]



a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b



Had Transpose/Flatten/MapThread accepted negative level specification it would have been easy. That is not the case.



One can think about that question as: how to create arr2 so that arr[[whatever__, y_]] == arr2[[y, whatever__]].



EDIT:



In general Level[arr, -2] should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.



So this:



a1, b1, a2, b2, a3, b3, a4, b4, a5, b5, a6, b6, a7,b7 ;


should end up:



 a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 , ...;








share











$endgroup$











  • $begingroup$
    Not a solution, but Flatten[MapIndexed[RotateRight[#2] -> #1 &, arr, -1]] gives you a list of rules of what needs to be constructed. I don't know of a way to construct it though: SparseArray does not construct ragged structures.
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    Maybe something along the lines of arr /. a,b->a,a,b->b? Or perhaps more generally, arr /. a_?VectorQ :> First@a, a_?VectorQ :> Last@a?
    $endgroup$
    – Carl Woll
    4 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    Does your list always contain a,b at the lowest level, or can there be anything there as long as they're all of same length?
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    @Roman Level[arr, -2]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
    $endgroup$
    – Kuba
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Kuba maybe you can come up with a recursion that constructs the result from the list of rules I gave 4 lines up? That would be a handy tool to have in any case.
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago














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5








5





$begingroup$


Is there a straightforward way to convert



arr = 
a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b
;


to:



a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, b, b, b, b, b, b, b, b


?



So I need to swap the first and last dimension. Which should in principle be possible because altough arr does not have a fixed structure the 'bottom' is always uniform:



Level[arr, -2]



a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b



Had Transpose/Flatten/MapThread accepted negative level specification it would have been easy. That is not the case.



One can think about that question as: how to create arr2 so that arr[[whatever__, y_]] == arr2[[y, whatever__]].



EDIT:



In general Level[arr, -2] should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.



So this:



a1, b1, a2, b2, a3, b3, a4, b4, a5, b5, a6, b6, a7,b7 ;


should end up:



 a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 , ...;








share











$endgroup$




Is there a straightforward way to convert



arr = 
a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b
;


to:



a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, b, b, b, b, b, b, b, b


?



So I need to swap the first and last dimension. Which should in principle be possible because altough arr does not have a fixed structure the 'bottom' is always uniform:



Level[arr, -2]



a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b



Had Transpose/Flatten/MapThread accepted negative level specification it would have been easy. That is not the case.



One can think about that question as: how to create arr2 so that arr[[whatever__, y_]] == arr2[[y, whatever__]].



EDIT:



In general Level[arr, -2] should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.



So this:



a1, b1, a2, b2, a3, b3, a4, b4, a5, b5, a6, b6, a7,b7 ;


should end up:



 a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 , ...;






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  • $begingroup$
    Not a solution, but Flatten[MapIndexed[RotateRight[#2] -> #1 &, arr, -1]] gives you a list of rules of what needs to be constructed. I don't know of a way to construct it though: SparseArray does not construct ragged structures.
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    Maybe something along the lines of arr /. a,b->a,a,b->b? Or perhaps more generally, arr /. a_?VectorQ :> First@a, a_?VectorQ :> Last@a?
    $endgroup$
    – Carl Woll
    4 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    Does your list always contain a,b at the lowest level, or can there be anything there as long as they're all of same length?
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    @Roman Level[arr, -2]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
    $endgroup$
    – Kuba
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Kuba maybe you can come up with a recursion that constructs the result from the list of rules I gave 4 lines up? That would be a handy tool to have in any case.
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago

















  • $begingroup$
    Not a solution, but Flatten[MapIndexed[RotateRight[#2] -> #1 &, arr, -1]] gives you a list of rules of what needs to be constructed. I don't know of a way to construct it though: SparseArray does not construct ragged structures.
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    Maybe something along the lines of arr /. a,b->a,a,b->b? Or perhaps more generally, arr /. a_?VectorQ :> First@a, a_?VectorQ :> Last@a?
    $endgroup$
    – Carl Woll
    4 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    Does your list always contain a,b at the lowest level, or can there be anything there as long as they're all of same length?
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    @Roman Level[arr, -2]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
    $endgroup$
    – Kuba
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Kuba maybe you can come up with a recursion that constructs the result from the list of rules I gave 4 lines up? That would be a handy tool to have in any case.
    $endgroup$
    – Roman
    4 hours ago
















$begingroup$
Not a solution, but Flatten[MapIndexed[RotateRight[#2] -> #1 &, arr, -1]] gives you a list of rules of what needs to be constructed. I don't know of a way to construct it though: SparseArray does not construct ragged structures.
$endgroup$
– Roman
4 hours ago




$begingroup$
Not a solution, but Flatten[MapIndexed[RotateRight[#2] -> #1 &, arr, -1]] gives you a list of rules of what needs to be constructed. I don't know of a way to construct it though: SparseArray does not construct ragged structures.
$endgroup$
– Roman
4 hours ago












$begingroup$
Maybe something along the lines of arr /. a,b->a,a,b->b? Or perhaps more generally, arr /. a_?VectorQ :> First@a, a_?VectorQ :> Last@a?
$endgroup$
– Carl Woll
4 hours ago





$begingroup$
Maybe something along the lines of arr /. a,b->a,a,b->b? Or perhaps more generally, arr /. a_?VectorQ :> First@a, a_?VectorQ :> Last@a?
$endgroup$
– Carl Woll
4 hours ago













$begingroup$
Does your list always contain a,b at the lowest level, or can there be anything there as long as they're all of same length?
$endgroup$
– Roman
4 hours ago





$begingroup$
Does your list always contain a,b at the lowest level, or can there be anything there as long as they're all of same length?
$endgroup$
– Roman
4 hours ago













$begingroup$
@Roman Level[arr, -2]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
$endgroup$
– Kuba
4 hours ago




$begingroup$
@Roman Level[arr, -2]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
$endgroup$
– Kuba
4 hours ago












$begingroup$
@Kuba maybe you can come up with a recursion that constructs the result from the list of rules I gave 4 lines up? That would be a handy tool to have in any case.
$endgroup$
– Roman
4 hours ago





$begingroup$
@Kuba maybe you can come up with a recursion that constructs the result from the list of rules I gave 4 lines up? That would be a handy tool to have in any case.
$endgroup$
– Roman
4 hours ago











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arr = a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b, a, b;

SetAttributes[f1, Listable]
Apply[f1, arr, 0, -3] /. f1 -> List



a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, b, b, b, b, b, b, b, b







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    $begingroup$

    This is what the list at the lowest level looks like:



    el = First@Level[list, -2];


    Using this, we can solve it with a rules-based approach:



    list /. el -> # & /@ el


    or a recursive approach like this:



    walk[lists : __List, i_] := walk[#, i] & /@ lists
    walk[atoms : __, i_] := i
    walk[list, #] & /@ el





    share|improve this answer









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      Terrible solution using Table but works:



      Table[Map[#[[i]] &, arr, -2], i, Last[Dimensions[Level[arr, -2]]]]





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                This is what the list at the lowest level looks like:



                el = First@Level[list, -2];


                Using this, we can solve it with a rules-based approach:



                list /. el -> # & /@ el


                or a recursive approach like this:



                walk[lists : __List, i_] := walk[#, i] & /@ lists
                walk[atoms : __, i_] := i
                walk[list, #] & /@ el





                share|improve this answer









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                  $begingroup$

                  This is what the list at the lowest level looks like:



                  el = First@Level[list, -2];


                  Using this, we can solve it with a rules-based approach:



                  list /. el -> # & /@ el


                  or a recursive approach like this:



                  walk[lists : __List, i_] := walk[#, i] & /@ lists
                  walk[atoms : __, i_] := i
                  walk[list, #] & /@ el





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                    $begingroup$

                    This is what the list at the lowest level looks like:



                    el = First@Level[list, -2];


                    Using this, we can solve it with a rules-based approach:



                    list /. el -> # & /@ el


                    or a recursive approach like this:



                    walk[lists : __List, i_] := walk[#, i] & /@ lists
                    walk[atoms : __, i_] := i
                    walk[list, #] & /@ el





                    share|improve this answer









                    $endgroup$



                    This is what the list at the lowest level looks like:



                    el = First@Level[list, -2];


                    Using this, we can solve it with a rules-based approach:



                    list /. el -> # & /@ el


                    or a recursive approach like this:



                    walk[lists : __List, i_] := walk[#, i] & /@ lists
                    walk[atoms : __, i_] := i
                    walk[list, #] & /@ el






                    share|improve this answer












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                        Terrible solution using Table but works:



                        Table[Map[#[[i]] &, arr, -2], i, Last[Dimensions[Level[arr, -2]]]]





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                          $begingroup$

                          Terrible solution using Table but works:



                          Table[Map[#[[i]] &, arr, -2], i, Last[Dimensions[Level[arr, -2]]]]





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                            Terrible solution using Table but works:



                            Table[Map[#[[i]] &, arr, -2], i, Last[Dimensions[Level[arr, -2]]]]





                            share|improve this answer









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                            Terrible solution using Table but works:



                            Table[Map[#[[i]] &, arr, -2], i, Last[Dimensions[Level[arr, -2]]]]






                            share|improve this answer












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