Re: Threading over matrices
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- Subject: [mg90762] Re: Threading over matrices
- From: Alberto Verga <Alberto.Verga at laposte.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:58:15 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
You may try MapThread[]
For example:
Create the data
x = RandomReal[{0, 1}, {3, 4}]
y = RandomReal[{0, 1}, {3, 4}]
{{0.0617457, 0.895605, 0.766934, 0.0769308}, {0.226479,
0.0894829, 0.563185, 0.789292}, {0.0419649, 0.823764, 0.597748,
0.513526}}
{{0.610528, 0.955936, 0.999041, 0.0561156}, {0.59444,
0.375375, 0.659419, 0.205936}, {0.278044, 0.874925, 0.532864,
0.799205}}
Define the desired function f,
f = If[#1 > #2, 1/#1, #1 - #2] &
Use MapThread to apply f to each pair {x(i,j),y(i,j)} of numvers:
MapThread[f, {x, y}, 2]
You get the matrix:
{{-0.548783, -0.0603309, -0.232108,
12.9987}, {-0.367961, -0.285892, -0.0962331,
1.26696}, {-0.236079, -0.0511604, 1.67295, -0.285678}}
Alberto Verga
"<\"@frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk" <"Robert> wrote:
> How can I get evaluations to thread over matrices with
> conditional functions?
> Here's examples that show the behaviour that's really
> frustrating me.
> Create a couple of matrices:
>
> x = Table[Random[],{3},{4}];
> y = Table[Random[],{3},{4}];
> a=0.5;
>
> (These are example values I would like the following
> to apply to lists of any dimension.)
> When you add them they create a result with the same
> dimensions where each element corresponds to the
> input elements
>
> x + a y
>
> And some functions do similar
>
> Cos[x] + Sin[a y]
>
> But some don't, e.g.
>
> x > y
> x > a
>
> I would have liked those to produce a matrix of corresponding
> True and False results, and then something like:
>
> If[x > y, 1/x, x - y]
> Piecewise[{{1,x==a},{x^2,x>a}},x y^2]
>
> to produce a matrix of results corresponding to each element.
>
> They don't - I haven't managed to find out why they don't or
> more usefully how to do what I would like them to do.
>
> I have searched Help on all the likely commands (I think: Map,
> Thread, Apply, Distribute, ...) and this archive, where there
> are similar enquiries but none that match. Perhaps I'm looking
> in the wrong place - I expect there's someone who can help.
>
> Robert