Problem 1682. Make a list string

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{"relationships":[{"relationshipType":"http://schemas.mathworks.com/matlab/code/2013/relationships/document","relationshipId":"rId1","target":"/matlab/document.xml"},{"relationshipType":"http://schemas.mathworks.com/matlab/code/2013/relationships/output","relationshipId":"rId2","target":"/matlab/output.xml"}],"parts":[{"partUri":"/matlab/document.xml","relationship":[],"contentType":"application/vnd.mathworks.matlab.code.document+xml","content":"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><w:document xmlns:w=\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main\"><w:body><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>Given a cell string, produce a string separating the items with spaces and commas and with an 'and' preceding the final item, and ending with a full stop.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>Input x = {'apples' 'oranges' 'pears' 'salmon'}</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>Output y = 'apples, oranges, pears and salmon.'</w:t></w:r></w:p></w:body></w:document>"},{"partUri":"/matlab/output.xml","contentType":"text/xml","content":"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\" ?><embeddedOutputs><metaData><evaluationState>manual</evaluationState><layoutState>code</layoutState><outputStatus>ready</outputStatus></metaData><outputArray type=\"array\"/><regionArray type=\"array\"/></embeddedOutputs>"}]}

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Chris on 29 Jun 2013

This is definitely cheating.

Claudio Gelmi on 29 Jun 2013

I couldn't resist... :o) Sorry!!!

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Evan on 27 Jun 2013

In an act of protest, this answer includes the oxford comma. ;)

goc3 on 2 Feb 2015

Hear, hear, the only way to prevent lexical ambiguity is the Oxford comma. As proof, I submit a friendly panda (eats, shoots and leaves) versus an unfriendly guest (eats, shoot, and leaves).

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