map

[Michael Weiss]

Would this work?

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x = [1,2,3,4]
y = 2

#this?
print map(lambda z: pow(z,y), x)

# or this?
print map(pow, x, [y for z in xrange(len(x))])
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"Giorgi Lekishvili" <gleki at gol.ge> wrote in message
news:3D007666.2B6D3582 at gol.ge...
> Hi all!
>
> Is there a way to map a function with several arguments to a list? E.g.,
>
> >>>import math
> >>>import MLab
> >>>a=MLab.rand(3,5)
> >>>b=map(math.pow,a)
>
> of course, this doesn't work.
>
> What to do? My task is to optimize the power (i.e., y in pow(x,y)) to
> achieve maximal performance.
>
>
> thanx,
> Giorgi
>
> PS: Perhaps I have missed the needed functionality, that's presented in
> NumPy?
>
>
>