1.4.1 Top new questions this week

1.4.1.1 Join lists with nested list

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/60666/join-lists-with-nested-list

 
Is there a way of smarter way of joining list of the form 
 
l1 = {a,{b,c}}; 
l2 = {d,{e,f}}; 
l3 = {g,{h,i}}; 
 
 
To obtain 
 
{a,d,g,{b,c,e,f,h,i}} 
 
 
The code I have is 
 
{Sequence @@ #1, Flatten[#2]}  ...
 

- asked by mete (14 votes), answered by Junho Lee (9 votes)

1.4.1.2 Different results between V9 and V10 when using Style with Listplot

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/60929/different-results-between-v9-and-v10-when-using-style-with-listplot

 
Consider this example: 
 
data = Table[{x, x^2}, {x, -2, 2, 0.1}]; 
ListPlot[Style[{#1, #2}, PointSize[Abs[#2]/50], Hue[#2]] & @@@ data] 
 
 
the results from V9 and V10 are as follows: 
 
V9 
 
 
V10 
 
 
It  ...
 

- asked by Algohi (13 votes), answered by Brett Champion (7 votes)

1.4.1.3 Bug in Operator Form of StringCases

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/60871/bug-in-operator-form-of-stringcases

 
According to the documentation there's an operator form for StringCases 
 
?StringCases 
 
 
 
 
Here is the normal form 
 
StringCases["abcadcacb", "a" ~~ x_ ~~ "c"] 
 
 
 
{"abc", "adc"} 
 
 
 
Now, the operator  ...
 

- asked by RunnyKine (12 votes), answered by WReach (8 votes)

1.4.1.4 Around the Clock

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/60728/around-the-clock

 
I want to produce with Mathematica something like this 
 
 
 
Or this 
 
 
 
12 hours should be arranged in a pleasing ("rotated") style around / 
within a rectangle. I don't ask for the hands - depending on  ...
 

- asked by eldo (12 votes), answered by belisarius (15 votes)

1.4.1.5 How to assign a list of numbers into letter grades

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/60497/how-to-assign-a-list-of-numbers-into-letter-grades

 
Here is my list: 
 
collection = {76.6256, 51.9264, 50.238, 14.4203, 80.9205, 12.2036, 
2.39568, 
38.2747, 12.4422, 29.9621} 
 
collection /. {x_ /; x < 50 -> "F"} 
 
 
and this gives me 
 
 
...
 

- asked by Lonely Mathematician (12 votes), answered by belisarius (14 votes)

1.4.1.6 Joining ordered set of points with splines in spiral

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/60619/joining-ordered-set-of-points-with-splines-in-spiral

 
I have a collection of points 
 
{{-0.137445, -0.0103507}, {-0.0452845, 0.0343154}, {0.30498, 
-0.0118266}, {-0.0224633, 0.0197979}, 
{-0.168469, -0.0197066}, {0.0973217, 0.0478612}, {-0.0441388,  ...
 

- asked by martin (11 votes), answered by Rahul Narain (11 votes)

1.4.1.7 Fitting ellipse to 5 given points on the plane

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/60779/fitting-ellipse-to-5-given-points-on-the-plane

 
Five points are required to define a unique ellipse. An ellipse has five 
degrees of freedom: the $x$ and $y$ coordinates of each focus, and the 
sum of the distance from each focus to a point on the  ...
 

- asked by user153012 (11 votes), answered by Mark McClure (21 votes)