CK wrote:

I read:

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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 use [length] from zexy

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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

or use [packel] from zexy

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