Re: Matrices
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg82076] Re: Matrices
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:23:01 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <fei2sd$qf3$1@smc.vnet.net>
KFUPM wrote: > Dear Group > > I have two matrices > > H= {{a,b},{c,d}} > and > L ={{1,2},{3,4}} > > and I want the element "a" in matrix H to have the corresponding > numerical values of L , i.e 1 and b --> 2 and so on. I am wondering > how to do that in the simplest way possible? My actual matrices are > larger than those i introduce here, i did that just for simplicity. > > Any help in this regard is highly appreciated. Well, if the obvious H = L is not enough, you could use *Thread* among many other ways. In[1]:= H = {{a, b}, {c, d}}; L = {{1, 2}, {3, 4}}; H = L; H Out[4]= {{1, 2}, {3, 4}} In[5]:= H = {{a, b}, {c, d}}; L = {{1, 2}, {3, 4}}; Thread[Set[H, L]]; H Out[8]= {{1, 2}, {3, 4}} Regards, -- Jean-Marc