Re: List of position-specifying functions
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- Subject: [mg102363] Re: [mg102351] List of position-specifying functions
- From: Adriano Pascoletti <adriano.pascoletti at dimi.uniud.it>
- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 05:28:04 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200908061032.GAA01790@smc.vnet.net>
Something like this?
In[7]:= (Function[x, x[[#1]]] & ) /@ plist
Out[7]= {Function[x, x[[2]]], Function[x, x[[5]]], Function[x, x[[4]]],
Function[x, x[[6]]], Function[x, x[[3]]]}
Adriano Pascoletti
2009/8/6 Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
> I have a list of distinct positive integers, such as
>
> In[1]:= plist = {2, 5, 4, 6, 3};
>
> I want to convert it to a list of position-specifying functions,
> such as might be used as the second argument in SplitBy or GatherBy.
> One way that works is:
>
> In[2]:= plist /. p_Integer->(#[[p]]&)
>
> Out[2]= { #1[[2]]&, #1[[5]]&, #1[[4]]&, #1[[6]]&, #1[[3]]& }
>
> I've been trying to get the same thing using Map,
> but I haven't been able to do it. Any suggestions?
>
>
- References:
- List of position-specifying functions
- From: Ray Koopman <koopman@sfu.ca>
- List of position-specifying functions