I read:
Is there an easy way (e.g. an external or abstraction) to count the = elements in a list?
[zl] from krzysztof's cyclone library can do this (length mode) and a lot more, ^
Or else a way of unpacking lists of arbitrary length without loosing or = adding stuff.
[zl] also has an 'nth' mode to get the nth item of a list
regards,
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