Re: Stumped again on a simple list
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- Subject: [mg32813] Re: Stumped again on a simple list
- From: AGUIRRE ESTIBALEZ Julian <mtpagesj at lg.ehu.es>
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:43:28 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, 1.156 wrote:
>
> I make a simple list ii and I find I can make other lists easily by
> algebraic moves like jj=ii/2, etc. But when I want make a new list
> which splits two different formula, I'm stumped.
>
> Here's a stripped down version to illustrate my problem. I want to
> use the value in the original array to determine how to make the new
> array. The If[] is the only thing I can find to make this decision.
> But, it seems I'm not even close when I try:
>
>
> ii=Table[z,{z,50,1400,5}];
>
> jj=If[ii<100,50,200]
Define the function that determines the new array
f = If[# < 100, 50, 200]&
Map the function to the original array
f/@ii
As always with Mathematica, there are different ways of doing
something. This is another posibility:
Clear[f];
SetAttributes[f, Listable];
f[x] := If[x < 100, 50, 200];
f[ii]
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