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I created a grid g1 with Grid[] and then a separate grid g2. g1 and g2 have same number of columns. How to put the rows of g2 at the end of g1 purely using front-end? I tried to highlight g2, Ctrl+C, and move my curser to various positions in g1 and Ctrl+V. But it always resulted in something not desirable such as the entire g2 being copied into a cell of g1. Any suggestions?

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  • $\begingroup$ So You want to create something like Grid@{gi1, gi2,...,hi1,hi2..} without evaluating anything? (gi1 is first row of g grid). Or do You want it to only look like grid with more rows? $\endgroup$
    – Kuba ♦
    Jun 6, 2013 at 5:52
  • $\begingroup$ something like that: g1 = Grid[{{a, b}, {c, d}}, Frame -> All], g2 = Grid[{{w, x}, {y, z}}, Frame -> All], and then g3=Grid[g1[[1]]~Join~g2[[1]], Frame -> All]? $\endgroup$
    – Pinguin Dirk
    Jun 6, 2013 at 5:53
  • $\begingroup$ @PinguinDirk You're right. $\endgroup$
    – qazwsx
    Jun 6, 2013 at 6:29
  • $\begingroup$ Could you explain why you would want to do something like that using the FrontEnd? I honestly can't find a good use for it. If you'd have to recalculate either of those grids for whatever reason you'd have to manipulate them again in the FrontEnd. Very cumbersome. $\endgroup$
    – Sjoerd C. de Vries
    Jun 6, 2013 at 22:26

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Say you have two Grid:

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First place the cursor at the end of the last row:

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Then use menu command Add Row (please note the short-cut) to add as many rows as g2 has:

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Then copy g2 by dragging from the items (not by select the whole grid or cell!):

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Then select all empty rows you just created in g1 and paste:

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  • $\begingroup$ Can you think of any way to do this without creating as many rows as needed manually? I cannot think of a way myself, though I'm hoping one exists. +1 nevertheless. $\endgroup$
    – Mr.Wizard
    Jun 6, 2013 at 6:09
  • $\begingroup$ @Mr.Wizard Thanks. I can't think of one for now, so I would not suggest doing this for large grid.. I'll try it after lunch. Maybe something related to ArrayFlatten.. $\endgroup$
    – Silvia
    Jun 6, 2013 at 6:16
  • $\begingroup$ @Silvia's solution is acceptable for my problem at hand. But in general, having to click once for each new row needed seems rather bad. $\endgroup$
    – qazwsx
    Jun 6, 2013 at 6:35
  • $\begingroup$ @red3y3 To make it feeling (slightly) better, you can press the short-cut instead of click the menu. But still, this is very annoy. $\endgroup$
    – Silvia
    Jun 6, 2013 at 6:51
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    $\begingroup$ @Mr.Wizard I give up.. I think it's too complicated FE programming for a not-so-useful function.. $\endgroup$
    – Silvia
    Jun 6, 2013 at 9:14
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Here is another approach: define a function which can combine two grids preserving the union of their options. 

rows = Partition[Range[5 3], 3];
g1 = Grid[rows[[;; 3]], Frame -> All]

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g2 = Grid[rows[[4 ;;]], Frame -> All]

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JoinGrids[Grid[data1 : {__}, opts1 : ___], 
          Grid[data2 : {__}, opts2 : ___]] := 
  Grid[Join[data1, data2], Sequence @@ Union[{opts1, opts2}]]

JoinGrids[g1, g2]

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JoinGrids[g2, g1]

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g3 = Grid[rows[[4 ;;, ;; 2]], ItemStyle -> Red]

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JoinGrids[g2, g3]

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Note that the first argument (not including options to Grid) is a 'matrix' (that is a List of Lists in Mathematica).

Given the following example Grids:

Grid[
    {{a11, a12, a13},
    {a21, a22, a23},
    {a31, a32, a33}}
] 

Grid[
    {{b11, b12, b13},
    {b21, b22, b23},
    {b31, b32, b33}}
]

(Note that I have spread the syntax for each Grid over several lines using a keyboard return, but each Grid expression should be contained within a single notebook cell; see the brackets off to the right in the Front End.)

You should place a comma after the last 'row' of your first 'matrix', like so:

Grid[
    {{a11, a12, a13},
    {a21, a22, a23},
    {a31, a32, a33} , }
]

Then you copy the rows from your second Grid, being careful not to copy the outer curly braces, like so:

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You then paste that copied set of lists ('rows' if you prefer) after the comma in your first Grid:

Grid[
    {{a11, a12, a13},
    {a21, a22, a23},
    {a31, a32, a33},
    {b11, b12, b13},
    {b21, b22, b23},
    {b31, b32, b33}}
]

With a shift-enter to evaluate the cell, you should have a nice Grid,

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which you can then decorate with options to Grid.

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  • $\begingroup$ That's not what i meant. I want to operate on the resultant grids, not the defining code. $\endgroup$
    – qazwsx
    Jun 6, 2013 at 6:31

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