Re: Adding value to some elements of a list
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- From: Adriano Pascoletti <adriano.pascoletti at uniud.it>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 04:38:38 -0400 (EDT)
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In[1]:= a = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60};
b = {2, 4, 6};
a[[b]] = a[[b]] + 17;
a
Out[4]= {10, 37, 30, 57, 50, 77}
Adriano Pascoletti
2013/6/5 Joerg Lenhardt <joerg.lenhardt at fernuni-hagen.de>
> Hello,
>
> I have two lists. One containing values, another containing indexes to
> the first list. I want to add a value to all elements of the first list
> when its index is in the second list:
>
> a={10,20,30,40,50,60}
>
> b={2,4,6}
>
> c=17
>
> ==>
>
> {10,20+17,30,40+17,50,60+17}
>
> I would be glad if anyone have a simple solution for that problem - I am
> convinced there is one ...
>
> Best regards
> J. Lenhardt
>
>
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- Adding value to some elements of a list
- From: Joerg Lenhardt <joerg.lenhardt@FernUni-Hagen.de>
- Adding value to some elements of a list