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<div><h1>sublists -- process interspersed sublists of a list</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>sublist(x,f,g,h)</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>x</tt></span></li>
<li><span><tt>f</tt></span></li>
<li><span><tt>g</tt></span></li>
<li><span><tt>h</tt></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span>a list of results obtained by applying <tt>g</tt> to each of the maximal nonempty sequences of consecutive elements <tt>i</tt> of <tt>x</tt> for which <tt>f i</tt> is true, and by applying <tt>h</tt> to each of the elements <tt>i</tt> of <tt>x</tt> for which <tt>f i</tt> is false.</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><p>If <tt>g</tt> or <tt>h</tt> is omitted, it is assumed to be the identity.</p>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : sublists( (1,2,3,5,7,8,10,12,13,17,18,20,21), odd, toList, minus)
o1 = {{1}, -2, {3, 5, 7}, -8, -10, -12, {13, 17}, -18, -20, {21}}
o1 : List</pre>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>sublists</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li>sublists(VisibleList,Function)</li>
<li>sublists(VisibleList,Function,Function)</li>
<li>sublists(VisibleList,Function,Function,Function)</li>
<li>sublists(VisibleList,Function,Function,Nothing)</li>
<li>sublists(VisibleList,Function,Nothing)</li>
<li>sublists(VisibleList,Function,Nothing,Function)</li>
<li>sublists(VisibleList,Function,Nothing,Nothing)</li>
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