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

From	Virgil Stokes <vs@it.uu.se>
Newsgroups	comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
Subject	Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How?
Date	2011-05-06 11:24 +0000
Organization	Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc.
Message-ID	<iq0lpe$2q0$1@smc.vnet.net> (permalink)

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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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Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How? Virgil Stokes <vs@it.uu.se> - 2011-05-06 11:24 +0000
  Re: Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How? Stefan Salanski <wutchamacallit27@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 11:31 +0000
  Re: Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How? Luci Ellis <luci@verbeia.com> - 2011-05-07 11:33 +0000
  Re: Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How? Michael Weyrauch <michael.weyrauch@gmx.de> - 2011-05-07 11:34 +0000
  Re: Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How? Jingjing Wang <brightapple2008@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 11:35 +0000
  Re: Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How? Peter Breitfeld <phbrf@t-online.de> - 2011-05-07 11:35 +0000
  Re: Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How? AES <siegman@stanford.edu> - 2011-05-07 11:29 +0000
  Re: Converting a list to arguments for a function --- How? Yves Klett <yves.klett@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-07 11:29 +0000

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