Re: Map onto one column of a matrix
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- Subject: [mg95546] Re: [mg95485] Map onto one column of a matrix
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:46:23 -0500 (EST)
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- Reply-to: drmajorbob at longhorns.com
This might seem more intuitive:
data = {{a, b}, {c, d}}
Replace[data, {x_, y_} :> {x, f@y}, 1]
{{a, b}, {c, d}}
{{a, f[b]}, {c, f[d]}}
or
Transpose@{data[[All, 1]], f /@ data[[All, 2]]}
{{a, f[b]}, {c, f[d]}}
Bobby
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:44:01 -0600, D. Grady <D.C.Grady at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, suppose we've got a matrix
>
> data = {{a, b}, {c, d}};
>
> and we want to map a function onto just the second column, so we want
> to end up with
>
> {{a, f[b]}, {c, f[d]}}.
>
> The best way I've found to do this is with MapAt:
>
> MapAt[f, data, Table[{i, 2}, {i, Length@data}]]
>
> Is there a better way? I keep hoping there's some notation similar to
> what's used in Part that lets you refer to a whole column with All,
> like data[[All,2]]. Thanks!
>
> -Daniel
>
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