Sorry if this is a bit vague...

I have a list.  I am applying a loop with a condition.  When the condition is met it stops (of course) but how do I get the condition to continue testing against the rest of the list without incrementing the next loop value?

How does one simplify an expression and keep the base number, if it is a perfect square?

If for example I have  (16^j)/16  and I want  16^(j-1)

simplify(%)
                                  (4 j - 4)
             ...

with(ScientificConstants):

GetElement(Ra,atomicweight);

Could anyone help to translate this (below) into Maple.  The Mathematica code understanding is causing me frustrations.  I got about as far as just starting to create the boggle board with the GraphTheory package. Here's what I have,which is rally barely anything at all. My example board 3x4
a := Graph(undirected, {["a", "b"], ["a", "e"], ["b", "c"], ["b", "e"], ["b", "f"], ["c", "f"], ["d", "a"], ["d", "b"], ["d", "e"...

Just wondering if the Mma translator has improved much from M12?  Is it still being improved? 

With a myriad of ways to code something I can see how difficult it could be to try to code from one changing language to another changing language and try to decide which way is best to display.  Be it more efficient and less intuitive (making the smallest possible code is sometimes quite cryptic and difficult to translate), or more intuitive and less efficient. ...