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in thread Understanding the map function

Nitpick.

...returns a list value for each element of LIST...

It took me a while to get my head 'round that. Once you do the docs make more sense.

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Re^3: Understanding the map function
by castaway (Parson) on Jul 14, 2005 at 10:16 UTC
    That would make it more confusing, to me. It already says 'evaluates something for each element in list', thus 'returns a list of the results' cant mean anything but 'list of evaluated somethings for each element in list' ... or not?

    C.

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Re^3: Understanding the map function
by jwest (Friar) on Jul 14, 2005 at 12:44 UTC
    That edit makes the definition imprecise. map can return multiple list values for each element of LIST.

    --jwest



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