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How do I transpose the 1st and -1th levels of an arbitrarily nested array?



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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}}}}


?



I need to swap the first and last dimension. Which should in principle be possible, because, although 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 a negative level specification it would have been easy. That is not the case.



One can think about that question as: How do I 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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    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.
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    – Roman
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    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}}?
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    – Carl Woll
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  • $begingroup$
    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?
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    – Roman
    5 hours ago












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    @Roman Level[arr, {-2}]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
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    – Kuba
    5 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
    5 hours ago


















6












$begingroup$


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}}}}


?



I need to swap the first and last dimension. Which should in principle be possible, because, although 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 a negative level specification it would have been easy. That is not the case.



One can think about that question as: How do I 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|improve this question











$endgroup$












  • $begingroup$
    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
    5 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
    5 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
    5 hours ago












  • $begingroup$
    @Roman Level[arr, {-2}]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
    $endgroup$
    – Kuba
    5 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
    5 hours ago
















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6





$begingroup$


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}}}}


?



I need to swap the first and last dimension. Which should in principle be possible, because, although 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 a negative level specification it would have been easy. That is not the case.



One can think about that question as: How do I 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|improve this question











$endgroup$




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}}}}


?



I need to swap the first and last dimension. Which should in principle be possible, because, although 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 a negative level specification it would have been easy. That is not the case.



One can think about that question as: How do I 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
    5 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
    5 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
    5 hours ago












  • $begingroup$
    @Roman Level[arr, {-2}]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
    $endgroup$
    – Kuba
    5 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
    5 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
    5 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
    5 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
    5 hours ago












  • $begingroup$
    @Roman Level[arr, {-2}]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
    $endgroup$
    – Kuba
    5 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
    5 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
5 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
5 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
5 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
5 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
5 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
5 hours ago














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




$begingroup$
@Roman Level[arr, {-2}]` should be a rectangular array but rows do not need to be the same.
$endgroup$
– Kuba
5 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
5 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
5 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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    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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      Terrible solution using Table but works:



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





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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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          $begingroup$

          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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            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}}}}







            share|improve this answer









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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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                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





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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






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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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                          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}]]]}]






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