Re: Listable functions with two brackets f[][] (SubValues)
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- Subject: [mg64944] Re: Listable functions with two brackets f[][] (SubValues)
- From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 01:00:25 -0500 (EST)
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Goyder Dr HGD schrieb: > I would like to use a double bracket function f[][] as, I believe, > originally promoted by David Park. The second bracket is called the > SubValues of f. My problem is that I would like the second bracket to > be Listable. Is this possible.? > > The following is a toy example by way of illustration. Suppose I wish > to make a function that translates the graphics primitive Line. Then I > can make a function as follows and it works for one Line[]. > > In[1]:= > ClearAll[f]; > f[vec_][a_Line] := Line[(#1 + vec & ) /@ a[[1]]] > > In[3]:= > b = Line[{{1, 2}, {3, 4}, {5, 6}}]; > > In[4]:= > f[{1, 3}][b] > > Out[4]= > Line[{{2,5},{4,7},{6,9}}] > > However, if I have a list of Lines[] it does not work because the > second bracket does not have the Attribute Listable. > > In[5]:= > c = {b, Line[{{2, 3}, {5, 6}, {9, 3}}]}; > > In[6]:= > f[{1, 3}][c] > > Out[6]= > f[{1,3}][{Line[{{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}}],Line[{{2,3},{5,6},{9,3}}]}] > > Attempts to make the function f[][] Listable fail because it makes the > first and not the second bracket Listable. > > In[7]:= > SetAttributes[f, Listable] > > In[8]:= > f[{1, 3}][c] > > Out[8]= > {f[1],f[3]}[{Line[{{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}}],Line[{{2,3},{5,6},{9,3}}]}] > > Is there a solution? > > Thanks > Hugh Goyder > Hello Hugh, is f[{1, 3}] /@ c --> {Line[{{2, 5}, {4, 7}, {6, 9}}], Line[{{3, 6}, {6, 9}, {10, 6}}]} an option?