# Better method for creating a tuple out of two lists

I just combined two lists using this method

molefrac = {1., 0.787402, 0.478927, 0.282592, 0.}
calibrationIndexOfRefraction = {1.440, 1.421, 1.395, 1.380, 1.351}
Partition[Riffle[molefrac, calibrationIndexOfRefraction], 2]

{{1., 1.44}, {0.787402, 1.421}, {0.478927, 1.395}, {0.282592, 1.38}, {0., 1.351}}


The purpose of this was to prepare the lists to be plotted using ListPlot. Is there some way to use ListPlot directly (or something more functional) to do this without going through all the extra steps?

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What is molefrac ? And why do you have so many and btw unbalanced parenthesis in the 1st line? –  Vitaliy Kaurov Apr 5 '13 at 6:20
Why don't you use newList = Transpose[{molefrac, calibrationIndexOfRefraction}]. You will get the same result as above on a more straightforward way. This can be plotted easily with ListPlot[newList]. Or do I misunderstand your question? –  partial81 Apr 5 '13 at 6:33
@partial81 bill s beat us both (and kguler) to that answer. :-) –  Mr.Wizard Apr 5 '13 at 6:35
Related, though with lists of different lengths: Elegantly pairing up mismatched lists. –  István Zachar Apr 5 '13 at 11:28

ListPlot[Transpose[{molefrac, calibrationIndexOfRefraction}]]


You can look at the help file for ListPlot to see the plotting options to make it look the way you wish.

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+1 -- In the FrontEnd this is extremely concise: ListPlot[{molefrac, calibrationIndexOfRefraction}\[Transpose]] –  Mr.Wizard Apr 5 '13 at 6:34

Another possible solution:

ListPlot[Thread[List[molefrac, calibrationIndexOfRefraction]]]


or

ListPlot[{molefrac, calibrationIndexOfRefraction}//Thread]

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