any better to apply a function to second column?
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- Subject: [mg507] any better to apply a function to second column?
- From: Richard Q. Chen <chen at fractal.eng.yale.edu>
- Date: Sun, 5 Mar 95 11:25:35 EST
Hi, I would like to know if there is a better way to do the following. Suppose I have list of numbers in pairs: a = {{x1,y1},{x2,y2},...,{xn,yn}} I would like to apply to the sequence {y1,y2,...,yn} the function f so that a new sequence b = {{x1,f[y1]},{x2,f[y2]},...,{xn,f[yn]}} is generated. My current solution is b = Transpose[{First /@ a,f[Last /@ a]}] However, I suspect there should be a much more simpler way than this. Does any body know a more straight forward way to do this? Also, what if I have a matrix of 3 or more columns and I would apply f to only the second column, say. What is a better way in this case? Thanks for any info Richard