Re: Complex Numbers to list of points
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- Subject: [mg72262] Re: Complex Numbers to list of points
- From: "Dana DeLouis" <dana.del at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:20:04 -0500 (EST)
Hi. Same idea as others, but with the use of '?.
data = {1 + 3I, 2, 1 - 3I};
data /. z_?NumericQ -> {Re[z], Im[z]}
{{1, 3}, {2, 0}, {1, -3}}
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HTH :>)
Dana DeLouis
Mathematica 5.2 Windows Xp.
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> Hi there,
>
> I have a list of mixed complex and real numbers returned from a function,
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> g
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> {1+3i, 2, 1-3i}
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> I wish to convert the list to a list of points.
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> {1+3i,2,1-3i} /. z_Complex->{Re[z],Im[z]}
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> gives
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> {{1,3},2,{1,-3}}
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> Which is almost what I want, but has not dealt with the possibility of
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> complex numbers in the list. Is there a compact way of doing this, such
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> h a list of rules? Nothing obvious seems to work, the only success I have
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> ad is splitting the list into real and complex sublists, applying rules to
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> each list individually and then recombining them, which seems like an
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> lot of hard work.
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> What I want is
> toPoints[{1+3i, 2, 1-3i}] == {{1,3},{2,0},{1,-3}}
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> Any help appreciated,
> Thanks.
>
> Andrew.
>