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Re: Condensed syntax

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  • Subject: [mg113501] Re: Condensed syntax
  • From: Vince Virgilio <blueschi at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:09:10 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <iagli4$3h6$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Oct 30, 4:38 am, Themis Matsoukas <tmatsou... at me.com> wrote:
> I have a list of {i,j} values,
>
> ij = Tuples[config, 2]
>
> {{1, 1}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {1, 4}, {2, 1}, {2, 2}, {2, 3}, {2, 4}, {3,
>   1}, {3, 2}, {3, 3}, {3, 4}, {4, 1}, {4, 2}, {4, 3}, {4, 4}}
>
> and I want to create a list in which the {i,j} are passed as arguments to a function f[x,y], i.e., {f[1,1], f[1,2],..., f[4,4]}. I can do this using the two-step process:
>
> g[X_List] := Apply[f, X]
> Map[g, ij]
>
> {f[1, 1], f[1, 2], f[1, 3], f[1, 4], f[2, 1], f[2, 2], f[2, 3],
>  f[2, 4], f[3, 1], f[3, 2], f[3, 3], f[3, 4], f[4, 1], f[4, 2],
>  f[4, 3], f[4, 4]}
>
> Is there a way I can bypass the intermediate function g[x] and produce the final list in a single step?
>
> Thanks
>
> Themis

Apply[f, ij, {-2}] should do.

Vince


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