Re: mapping of function
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- Subject: [mg69961] Re: mapping of function
- From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:16:02 -0400 (EDT)
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dimmechan at yahoo.com schrieb:
> Hello.
>
> I am working on John Gray's Book Mastering Mathematica.
>
> Here is one simple expression.
>
> exp1 = x^3 + (1 + z)^2
> x^3 + (1 + z)^2
>
> I am thinking of ways to map the sine function only to {x,z}.
> Here are some alternatives I considered.
>
> MapAt[Sin, exp1, Flatten[(Position[exp1, #1] & ) /@ Variables[exp1],
> 1]]
> Sin[x]^3 + (1 + Sin[z])^2
>
> MapAt[Sin, exp1, Position[exp1, _Symbol, Heads -> False]]
> Sin[x]^3 + (1 + Sin[z])^2
>
> Are there any other possibilities?
>
> Thanks for any response.
>
Hi,
the following is not mapping, but IMHO it does the same in a very simple
way:
In[1]:= exp1 = x^3 + (1 + z)^2;
In[2]:= exp1 /. v: x | z :> Sin[v]
Out[2]= Sin[x]^3 + (1 + Sin[z])^2
or more general:
In[3]:= exp1 /. v:Alternatives @@ Variables[exp1] :> Sin[v]
Out[3]= Sin[x]^3 + (1 + Sin[z])^2
Peter