apply(BasicList,Function) -- apply a function to each element of a list

Synopsis

• Function: apply

• Usage:

  apply(L,f)

• Inputs:
  • L, a basic list or a string
  • f, a function, with one argument
• Outputs:
  • a basic list, obtained by applying f to each element of L

Description

i1 : apply({1,3,5,7}, i -> i^2)

o1 = {1, 9, 25, 49}

o1 : List

i2 : apply([1,3,5,7], i -> i^2)

o2 = [1, 9, 25, 49]

o2 : Array

i3 : apply((1,3,5,7), i -> i^2)

o3 = (1, 9, 25, 49)

o3 : Sequence

i4 : apply("foo", identity)

o4 = (f, o, o)

o4 : Sequence

See also

• VisibleList / Function -- apply a function to elements of a list
• Function \ VisibleList -- apply a function to elements of a list