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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL

Split

Split[list]
splits list into sublists consisting of runs of identical elements.

Split[list, test]
treats pairs of adjacent elements as identical whenever applying the function test to them yields True.

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  • The default function used to test whether elements are identical is SameQ.
  • Split can be used to perform run-length encoding. »
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