Re: List vs. array in Mathematica
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- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 05:27:17 -0400 (EDT)
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The function Array does _not_ necessarily a list of uniform depth. For example:
f[n_] := Nest[List, x, n]
Array[f, 5]
(* {{x}, {{x}}, {{{x}}}, {{{{x}}}}, {{{{{x}}}}}} *)
However, the function ArrayQ does not return True for a "ragged" array but only she "all parts at a particular level must be lists of the same length.
On Apr 12, 2014, at 5:14 AM, andymhancock at gmail.com wrote:
> In mathematica, is an array simply a list of uniform depth? Both terms are used in the documentation, but I haven't run across an explicit explanation of why two terms are needed for the same construct. So I'm wondering if their relationship is.
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