mapping a statement over all list items

[Fernando Pérez]

> Thus if Foo was ['abc-xyz', 'black-blue', '123-987'], the result after
> mapping to Foo would be:
> 
> Foo = [ ['abc', 'xyz'], ['black','blue'], ['123','987'] ]
> 
Is this good enough for you (never mind the bizarre prompts, I have my own 
interpreter)?

In[1]:= foo=['abc-xyz', 'black-blue', '123-987']
 
In[1]:= [x.split('-') for x in foo]
 
Out[1]= [['abc', 'xyz'], ['black', 'blue'], ['123', '987']]


Cheers,

f