Lists are central constructs in
Mathematica, used to represent collections, arrays, sets and sequences of all kinds. Lists can have any structure and size, and can routinely involve even millions of elements. Well over a thousand built-in functions throughout
Mathematica operate directly on lists, making lists a powerful vehicle for interoperability.
{a,b,...} (
List)
— specify a list explicitly
Table — make a table of values of an expression
Array — make an array of any dimension from a function
list[[...]] (
Part)
— parts or sequences of parts (
;;), resettable with
=
Select — select according to a function
Cases — give cases matching a pattern
Map (
/@) — map a function over a list:
f/@{a, b, c}
{f[a], f[b], f[c]}
Apply (
@@,
@@@) — apply a function to a list:
f@@{a, b, c}f[a, b, c]
{..}+{..}, etc. — automatically operate in parallel on list elements
