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Re: Getting elements of a list
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Re: Getting elements of a list


  • Subject: Re: Getting elements of a list
  • From: "Stockly, Ed" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:39:05 -0700
  • Thread-topic: Getting elements of a list

set myList to {{1, 2}, {3, 4}, {5, 6}}
set {a, b, c} to myList
set firstITems to {first item of a, first item of b, first item of c}

Of course, if you have more than a handful of lists, this becomes rather
awkward.

What have you got against repeat loops? Repeat loops are our friends!

ES

> From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>

> Say I have a list of lists:
>
> set myList to {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}}
>
> is there any way, without a repeat loop, to pluck a specific item of
> each of the sublists?  something like
>
> first item of each item of myList
>
> doesn't work...

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