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Re: Applying function to nested lists

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  • Subject: [mg57914] Re: Applying function to nested lists
  • From: "Stefan Linnik" <- at mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 04:34:42 -0400 (EDT)
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You need a levelspec in Map:

Map[f, x, {-1}]

-1 to specify the last element
{} to specify only last element

Stefan Linnik
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"Kerry Kim" <kjkim at u.washington.edu> wrote in message 
news:d8e525$gnl$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to get Mathematica to do the following:
>
> Suppose
> x = {{1,2,3},{{4,5,6},7,8},9}
> f = some function
>
> How can I get f applied to each element of x but with the list structure
> intact?  I.e. I want something that generates:
>
> {{f[1],f[2],f[3]},{{f[4],f[5],f[6]},f[7],f[8]},f[9]}
>
> Thank you!
> -Kerry Kim
> 



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