Re: apparently I don't know how to use Map (or Apply or MapThread)
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- Subject: [mg77387] Re: [mg77290] apparently I don't know how to use Map (or Apply or MapThread)
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 04:07:12 -0400 (EDT)
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m has two dimensions, but its elements (each is a List) only have one =
dimension.
m = {{0.098, 0.951, 0.954}, {0.509, 0.914, 0.487}}
Table[#[[i, i]], {i, Length[#]}] &@m
{{0.098, 0.951, 0.954}, {0.509, 0.914, 0.487}}
{0.098, 0.914}
But there's a built-in function for this, too:
Diagonal@m
{0.098, 0.914}
Bobby
On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:17:01 -0500, <dbsearch04 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I started with this:
>
> m = {{0.098, 0.951, 0.954}, {0.509, 0.914, 0.487}}
>
> I tried to do this
>
> Table[#[[i, i]], {i, Length[#]}] & /@ m
>
> It does not work, but this works
>
> Diag := Function[x, Table[x[[i, i]], {i, Length[x]}]]; Diag[m]
>
> !@#$%^&*(
>
> Can anyone tell me why? I also tried: Apply, MapThread,
> DiagonalMatrix, TakeMatrix, adding () around the pure function...
>
> I know that this is a simple problem. Would Evaluate help?
>
> TIA.
>
> Regards..
>
>
>
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