Re: how to map function with over 1 arguments to list
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- Subject: [mg57215] Re: how to map function with over 1 arguments to list
- From: Gareth Russell <gjr2008 at columbia.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 02:39:28 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Columbia University
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On 2005-05-20 05:17:55 -0400, "xun" <xiaoxun at gmail.com> said:
> g[x_]:=x^2;
> g/@{1,2,3} results in{1,4,9}
>
> similarly, how to map f[x_,y_]:=x+y;
> to {1,1},{2,2}?
>
> it seems that f/@{{1,1},{2,2}} doesn't work.
Because in the map function you are sending f[] a two-element list when
it is expecting two separate arguments. Redefine f[] to expect a list...
In[463]:=
f[{x_,y_}]:=x+y
In[464]:=
f/@{{1,1},{2,2}}
Out[464]=
{2,4}