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I am working with the Mathematica S&P 500 data

datasp=Prepend[ExampleData[{"Statistics", "SP500"}],ExampleData[{"Statistics", "SP500"}, "ColumnHeadings"]];

and have to multiply every 20th element by 203.63. In a next step, I will have to calculate the sum of all elements from the list (including the elements that have not been multiplied).

Unfortunately, I am struggling a bit with this. Could anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance!

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Keep track of your data by creating a new list, datasp1 = datasp;. Manipulate every 20th element of the new list, Table[datasp1[[i]] = 203.63 datasp1[[i]], {i, 20, Length@datasp, 20}] (notice that the step is set to 20 so every 20th element is changed; if you need to ignore the header, start at 21). Verify, datasp1[[40]]/datasp[[40]]. Sum them with Total@datasp1.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks you're a hero! $\endgroup$
    – noob3000
    Commented Feb 24, 2021 at 23:38
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    $\begingroup$ Another possibility is datasp1[[ ;; ;; 20]] *= 203.63. $\endgroup$
    – Carl Woll
    Commented Feb 25, 2021 at 0:15
  • $\begingroup$ Carl, would you please explain how your code works? I neither understand how Span Span 20 produces a loop with a step of 20 nor how *= works in this setting. $\endgroup$
    – Nicholas G
    Commented Feb 27, 2021 at 3:45
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    $\begingroup$ @NicholasG The syntax of Carl is short for datasp1[[ 1 ;; Length[datasp1] ;; 20 ]]. It says: take element 1 to Length[datasp1] in steps of 20. This line takes every 20th element of datasp1 and multiplies it by 203.63. For more info look up the documentation of Part $\endgroup$
    – AccidentalTaylorExpansion
    Commented Nov 9, 2022 at 20:04

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