Re: Giving several functions the same argument
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- Subject: [mg109625] Re: Giving several functions the same argument
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 07:08:54 -0400 (EDT)
Use Through. E.g.:
Through[{Sin, Cos}[Pi]]
{0, -1}
f = (2 # &); g = (#^2 &);
Through[{f, g}[3]]
{6, 9}
On 5/7/2010 6:28 AM, Simon Pearce wrote:
> Hi Mathgroup,
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> I have a list of pure functions, which I wish to apply to the same
> argument. I can't seem to be able to thread the list of functions over
> the argument in a simple way, all the commands like Apply and Map etc
> take a single function. I can do it using Table and Part, but it seemed
> like there should be a simple command that I'm missing.
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> For example:
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> In[1]:= functs = {Sin[#1]&, Cos[#1]&};
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> In[2]:= functs[x]
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> Out[2]= {Sin[#1]&, Cos[#1]&}[x]
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> I want to get the result {Sin[x],Cos[x]} out, without having to use
> something of the form:
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> In[3]:= Table[functs[[i]][x], {i, 1, 2}]
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> Out[3]= {Sin[x], Cos[x]}
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> Which seems like it'd be less efficient when I try and use it on long
> lists of functions.
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> Thanks,
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> Simon
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