Re: How to subtract two sets of data for a ListPlot
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- Subject: [mg76694] Re: [mg76672] How to subtract two sets of data for a ListPlot
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 04:23:02 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
list1 = {{1, 1}, {2, 2}, {3, 3}};
list2 = {{1, 1}, {2, 4}, {3, 9}};
list1 - ({0, 1} # & /@ list2)
{{1, 0}, {2, -2}, {3, -6}}
Bob Hanlon
---- chuck009 <dmilioto at comcast.com> wrote:
> Hi all. Suppose I've calculated two sets of lists of the form for example:
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> list1={{1,1},{2,2},{3,3}};
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> list2={{1,1},{2,4},{3,9}};
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> What's an efficient way to create a third list with the same x-values but with the y-values subtracted
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> newlist={{1,0},{2,-2},{3,-6}};
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> I realize I can manually subtract them in a For-loop, but I'm sure a one-line command using Map or some other construct can be used as well but can't figure it out.
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> Thanks!
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