Sorry for creating this question but I have been stuck on this question for a while.
Basically I'm trying to take a list:
numbers=[1, 2, -1, -2, 4, 5]
subset_list = [[1, 2], [-1, -2], [4, 5]]
IndexError
subset_list
[[1, 2]]
numbers = [1,2,-1,-2,4,5]
subset = []
subset_list = []
subset.append(numbers[0])
i = 1
while i < (len(numbers)):
if numbers[i] <= numbers[i+1]:
subset.append(numbers[i])
i+= 1
while subset[-1] <= numbers[i] or numbers[i] <= numbers[i+1]:
subset.append(numbers[i])
i += 1
subset_list.append(subset)
subset = []
i += 1
if numbers[i] > numbers[i+1]:
subset.append(numbers[i])
i+= 1
while subset[-1] <= numbers[i] or numbers[i] <= numbers[i+1]:
subset.append(numbers[i])
i+= 1
subset_list.append(subset)
subset = []
i += 1
Here is a way to re-write this:
numbers=[1,2,-1,-2,4,5]
direction = True # positive or negative
prevdirection = True
res = [[numbers[0]]]
for previtem, item in zip(numbers[:-1], numbers[1:]):
direction = True if item - previtem > 0 else False
if direction != prevdirection:
res.append([])
prevdirection = direction
res[-1].append(item)
print(res)