Re: Map
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg7464] Re: [mg7454] Map
- From: Richard Gass <gass at physics.uc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 01:35:47 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Sean wrote
>Does anyone know how to use Map if the mapping function has more than one
>argument?
>
>ie: If I have a function f[x] and an array, then Map[f,array] applies f
>to each
>element of the array. What I want is a function f[x,y] and do something like
>Map[f[#,3],array] so it will apply f[x,3] to every element of the array.
>I currently
>have two kludgey work arounds which is to make a new function g[x_]:=f[x,3]
>then use Map[g,array] or to make a newarray={array,list of second arguments},
>then use MapThread.. I am looking for a better way
>
>Please reply to seanross at worldnet.att.net
If my understanding of what you want is correct then you can do what you
want by combining Map with a pure function.
In[40]:=
array={x,y,u,v,z}
Out[40]=
{x,y,u,v,z}
In[41]:=
Map[f[#,3]&,array]
Out[41]=
{f(x,3),f(y,3),f(u,3),f(v,3),f(z,3)}
Richard Gass
Department of Physics
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221
phone- 513-556-0519
E-Mail gass at physunc.uc.edu