function S=range_extraction(L) % Range extraction L(end+1) = NaN; S = int2str(L(1)); k = 1; while (k < length(L)-1) if (L(k)+1==L(k+1) && L(k)+2==L(k+2) ) m = 2; while (L(k)+m==L(k+m)) m = m+1; end k = k+m-1; S = [S,'-',int2str(L(k))]; else k = k+1; S = [S,',',int2str(L(k))]; end end end disp(range_extraction([0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, ... 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, ... 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39]))