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;Zip[<Expression>, <Var1>, <List1>, <Var2>, <List2>, ...]
 
;Zip[<Expression>, <Var1>, <List1>, <Var2>, <List2>, ...]
 
:Creates [[Lists|list]] of objects obtained by substitution of variables in the expression by elements of corresponding lists. Length of the resulting list is minimum of lengths of input lists.
 
:Creates [[Lists|list]] of objects obtained by substitution of variables in the expression by elements of corresponding lists. Length of the resulting list is minimum of lengths of input lists.
:{{example|1=Let P,Q,R,S,T be some points. <code>Zip[Midpoint[A,B],A,{P,Q},B,{R,S}]</code> returns a list containing [[Midpoint Command|midpoints]] of segments ''PR'' and ''QS''.}}
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:{{example|1=Let P, Q, R, S, T be some points. <code>Zip[Midpoint[A, B], A, {P, Q}, B, {R, S}]</code> returns a list containing [[Midpoint Command|midpoints]] of segments ''PR'' and ''QS''.}}
:{{example|1=Let ''list1={x^2, x^3, x^6}'' be a list of polynomials. <code>Zip[Degree[a], a, list1]</code> returns the list ''{2,3,6}''.}}
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:{{example|1=Let ''list1={x^2, x^3, x^6}'' be a list of polynomials. <code>Zip[Degree[a], a, list1]</code> returns the list ''{2, 3, 6}''.}}
  
 
{{Note|In each list the elements must be of the same type.}}
 
{{Note|In each list the elements must be of the same type.}}

Revision as of 18:12, 10 August 2012



Zip[<Expression>, <Var1>, <List1>, <Var2>, <List2>, ...]
Creates list of objects obtained by substitution of variables in the expression by elements of corresponding lists. Length of the resulting list is minimum of lengths of input lists.
Example: Let P, Q, R, S, T be some points. Zip[Midpoint[A, B], A, {P, Q}, B, {R, S}] returns a list containing midpoints of segments PR and QS.
Example: Let list1={x^2, x^3, x^6} be a list of polynomials. Zip[Degree[a], a, list1] returns the list {2, 3, 6}.


Note: In each list the elements must be of the same type.

Comments

It's actually enough to provide a single list to Zip(). This makes it a shorter alternative to Sequence() when all you want is to traverse a list. For example, Zip(a^2, a, listOfNumbers) is much shorter than Sequence(Element(listOfNumbers, a)^2, a, 1, Length(listOfNumbers)) (albeit in this case it's easier to just do listOfNumbers^2.)

Note Hint: Zip() is similar to a construct known as "map" in other programming languages.
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