Re: Nested list - adding to each entry
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- Subject: [mg113067] Re: Nested list - adding to each entry
- From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:29:09 -0400 (EDT)
On 10/11/10 at 5:16 AM, sschmitt at physi.uni-heidelberg.de (Sebastian
Schmitt) wrote:
>I want to add something (an absolute position) to each entry (a
>relative position) of a list. This works as expected in the 1D case:
>In[43]:= 1 + {2, 3, 4}
>Out[43]= {3, 4, 5}
>But the 2D case is different because my list of relative positions
>is interpreted as a matrix:
>In[57]:= {1, 2} + {{a, b}, {c, d}}
>Out[57]= {{1 + a, 1 + b}, {2 + c, 2 + d}}
>I would like to get
>{{1 + a, 2 + b}, {1 + c, 2 + d}}
>instead.
>I know I can achieve it with the help of a pure function:
>In[58]:= Map[# + {1, 2} &, {{a, b}, {c, d}}]
>Out[58]= {{1 + a, 2 + b}, {1 + c, 2 + d}}
>Is there a builtin function that does the same? I'm somehow
>reluctant to use pure functions too much. Is my concern unfounded?
What is your concern about usage of pure functions?
Here is another way to do the same thing without pure functions
In[6]:= {{a, b}, {c, d}} /. {a_Symbol, b_Symbol} :> {a, b} + {1, 2}
Out[6]= {{a + 1, b + 2}, {c + 1, d + 2}}
But frankly, I would do this as:
In[7]:= # + {1, 2} & /@ {{a, b}, {c, d}}
Out[7]= {{a + 1, b + 2}, {c + 1, d + 2}}
I simply don't see any reason to be concerned about using pure functions.