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Re: Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How?

From	Leonid Shifrin <lshifr@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
Subject	Re: Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How?
Date	2011-05-07 11:29 +0000
Organization	Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc.
Message-ID	<iq3aef$fbc$1@smc.vnet.net> (permalink)

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Virgil,

use Apply:

In[1]:= Apply[f, {4, 1, 1}]

Out[1]= f[4, 1, 1]

It also has an abbreviation: @@

In[2]:= f @@ {4, 1, 1}

Out[2]= f[4, 1, 1]

Regards,
Leonid


On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Virgil Stokes <vs@it.uu.se> wrote:

> Suppose I have a list,
>
> list = {4,1,1}
>
> and I wish to use it as follows
>
> f[4,1,1]
>
> Is there a simple way (without looping through the elements list) to
> transfer
> the elements of list to the arguments for f?
>

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Re: Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How? Leonid Shifrin <lshifr@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 11:29 +0000

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