Re: Dot or Inner ... but not quite
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- Subject: [mg79656] Re: [mg79622] Dot or Inner ... but not quite
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 05:02:17 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200707311013.GAA21053@smc.vnet.net>
On 31 Jul 2007, at 12:13, Diamond, Mark wrote:
> I have two equi-length lists, the first of number, the second of
> (equi-length) lists of numbers , such as
>
> l1={1,4,3};
> l2={{1,7},{1,9},{5,2}};
>
> I want to produce 1*{1,7}+4*{1,9}+3*{5,2}
>
> It looks so close to Inner that I thought I could use it in some
> form, but I
> have ended up using
>
> (#[[1]]*#[[2]])& /@ Transpose[{l1,l2}]
>
> Is there a better way using one of the builtin functions with which
> I am
> unfamiliar?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark Diamond
>
>
>
Note that
1*{1, 7} + 4*{1, 9} + 3*{5, 2}
{20, 49}
while
(#1[[1]]*#1[[2]] & ) /@ Transpose[{l1, l2}]
{{1, 7}, {4, 36}, {15, 6}}
If the first answer is really what you want I would use:
l1.Hold /@ l2 // ReleaseHold
{20, 49}
Andrzej Kozlowski