Re: Map function which adds last two numbers of a list
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- Subject: [mg73592] Re: Map function which adds last two numbers of a list
- From: "Dana DeLouis" <dana.del at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:41:49 -0500 (EST)
Hi. Here's an option similar to Andrzej's excellent idea in case you have
variables.
z = {{1, 4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, c, d}, {1, 2, 4, 3}};
rule = ({w___, x_, y_})?VectorQ -> {w, x + y};
z /. rule
{{1, 4, 11}, {7, 8, c + d}, {1, 2, 7}}
HTH
Dana
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Windows XP & Mathematica 5.2
"Christopher Pike" <crpike at ucdavis.edu> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
> Consider this:
>
> z = {{1,4,5,6},{7,8,9,1},{1,2,4,3}}
>
> I'd like to Map a function onto z which would replace the last two items
> with their sum:
>
> {{1,4,11},{7,8,10},{1,2,7}}
>
> I could easily use the Table command to construct this new table, but it
> would be nicer if I new how to Map some function on z that would produce
> the same result.
>
> Any suggestions.
>
> Thanks, Chris Pike
>