Re: Applying function to nested lists
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- Subject: [mg57908] Re: Applying function to nested lists
- From: "Carl K. Woll" <carlw at u.washington.edu>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 04:34:33 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University of Washington
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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 > Use Map with a level specification: In[3]:= Map[f, x, {-1}] Out[3]= {{f[1], f[2], f[3]}, {{f[4], f[5], f[6]}, f[7], f[8]}, f[9]} Carl Woll Wolfram Research