Re: Mapping A Condition Across Two Different Lists
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- Subject: [mg91754] Re: Mapping A Condition Across Two Different Lists
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 05:36:28 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Gregory Lypny wrote:
> Not sure how to do this using Map, or even if it's possible.
>
> I can compare a target value to each value in a list like this.
>
> targetX = 5; listX = {4, 9, 2, 11, 4};
> targetX > # & /@ listX
>
> {True, False, True, False, True}
>
> I can do the same for another target and another list.
>
> targetY = 3; listY = {4, 0, 1, 8, 6};
> targetY > # & /@ listY
>
> {False, True, True, False, False}
>
> But can I do it in a similar way for the AND or OR condition without
> having to resort to the Table command?
>
> Table[targetX > listX[[i]] && targetY > listY[[i]], {i, Length@listX}]
>
> {False, False, True, False, False}
>
> Table[targetX > listX[[i]] || targetY > listY[[i]], {i, Length@listX}]
>
> {True, True, True, False, True}
Among other ways, you could map over the transpose of list of the two
lists, e.g.
In[1]:= targetX = 5; listX = {4, 9, 2, 11, 4};
targetY = 3; listY = {4, 0, 1, 8, 6};
targetX > #[[1]] && targetY > #[[2]] & /@ Transpose[{listX, listY}]
targetX > #[[1]] || targetY > #[[2]] & /@ Transpose[{listX, listY}]
Out[3]= {False, False, True, False, False}
Out[4]= {True, True, True, False, True}
Best regards,
-- Jean-Marc