Splitting a list of items into two lists of odd and even indexed items

Question

I would like to make a function that accepts a list and returns two lists: the first contains every odd item, and the second contains every even item.

For example, g

Answer 1

Just for completeness here is a boring, more imperative solution:

let splitList (list:int list) =
    let odds = [for i in 0..list.Length-1 do
                  if i%2=1 then
                    yield list.[i]]
    let evens = [for i in 0..list.Length-1 do
                    if i%2=0 then
                        yield list.[i]]
    odds,evens