Formula for extracting certain elements from a list

[dennisvz]

I need a formula to iterate through list A and extract certain items and put into list B. I need to skip two items, extract the next three, skip two items, extract the next three, etc:

A = (34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 22, 34, 43, 44, 45, 65, 78, 46, 47, 48)

A = (34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 22, 34, 43, 44, 45, 65, 78, 46, 47, 48)

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I want:

B = (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)

B = (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)

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this is all I could get:

for i, val in enumerate(A):
    B = (

for i, val in enumerate(A):
    B = (

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thanks

[d_stranz]

In pseudocode, assuming "i" is the index of the item in the list and i starts at 0:

if i % 5 < 2, skip
else extract

if i % 5 < 2, skip
else extract

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You should be able to do that in python. "%" is the "remainder" operator - it divides the left side by the right side and returns the remainder. If it isn't the same in python, I am sure there is a similar operator or function that does the same.