Re: Transpose[{1,2}]
- To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg1239] Re: Transpose[{1,2}]
- From: ianc (Ian Collier)
- Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 05:20:03 -0400
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc
In article <3puhtc$m8n at news0.cybernetics.net>, Xah Y Lee
<xyl10060 at fhda.edu> wrote:
> this is a discrepency between versions. In student version 2.1, if one do
>
> Transpose[{1,2}],
>
> mma returns {1,2} without generating any errors. But in
> version 2.2, an error
> message something like "Transpose::nmxd" will come up complaining about the
> argument being one dimensional. I wasn't aware of this until my program
> went out that contain the above line. Caused me much distress <g>.
>
This is maybe clearer if we look at the useage message for Transpose.
In[95]:=
?Transpose
Transpose[list] transposes the first two levels in list.
Transpose[list, {n1, n2, ...}] transposes list so that the
nk-th level in list is the k-th level in the result.
As the usage message implies, Transpose is expecting the
list it is given to have at least two levels.
In[96]:=
Transpose[{1,2,3}]
Transpose::nmtx:
The first two levels of the one dimensional list {1, 2, 3}
cannot be transposed.
Out[96]=
Transpose[{1, 2, 3}]
Nesting the list one level deeper allows it to do what I suspect
you expected.
In[97]:=
Transpose[{{1,2,3}}]
Out[97]=
{{1}, {2}, {3}}
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I hope this helps,
--Ian
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