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Re: composing functions

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  • Subject: [mg45536] Re: composing functions
  • From: bobhanlon at aol.com (Bob Hanlon)
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 04:03:52 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <btthta$so5$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

This is slightly more compact than my first response

kk={{f,g,h},{a,b,c,d}};

n=1;Fold[kk[[1,n++]][#1,#2]&, kk[[2,1]],Rest[kk[[2]]]]

h[g[f[a, b], c], d]


Bob Hanlon
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kk={{f,g,h},{a,b,c,d}};

n=0;Fold[(n++;kk[[1,n]][#1,#2])&, kk[[2,1]],Rest[kk[[2]]]]

h[g[f[a, b], c], d]


Bob Hanlon

In article <btthta$so5$1 at smc.vnet.net>, Pedro L <pedrito6 at softhome.net> wrote:

<< I  would  like  to find a way for composing a list of functions over a
list of numbers.

I  have  the  list  {{f,  g,  h},  {a,  b, c, d}}
(f, g, h are functions and a, b, c, d are numbers)
I would like to obtain h[g[f[a, b], c], d]

Since  it's  for a real program, I had to do it in "any" way. So I did
it as I show below:


In[1]:= kk = {{f, g, h}, {a, b, c, d}}

Out[1]= {{f, g, h}, {a, b, c, d}}

In[2]:= result1 = {kk[[2,1]]}; For[i = 1, i < Length[kk[[2]]], i++,
AppendTo[result1, kk[[1,i]]]; 
            AppendTo[result1, kk[[2,i + 1]]]]; result1

Out[2]= {a, f, b, g, c, h, d}

In[3]:= result2 = StringJoin @@ ToString /@ result1

Out[3]= afbgchd

In[4]:= result3 = StringInsert[result2, "~", Range[2, StringLength[result2]]]

Out[4]= a~f~b~g~c~h~d

In[5]:= result4 = ToExpression[result3]

Out[5]= h[g[f[a, b], c], d]


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