Applying a bivariate function to the elements of two lists

### 5.3.29 Applying a bivariate function to the elements of two lists

The zip command applies a bivariate function to the elements of two lists.

- zip takes three arguments:
  - f, a function of two variables.
  - L1 and L2, two lists of the same size n.
- zip(f,L1,L2) returns a list of size n whose kth element is f applied to the kth elements of L1 and L2.

#### Examples

zip('sum',[a,b,c,d],[1,2,3,4])

| ⎡ ⎣ | a+1,b+2,c+3,d+4 | ⎤ ⎦

zip((x,y)->x^2+y^2,[4,2,1],[3,5,1])

or:

f:=(x,y)->x^2+y^2:; zip(f,[4,2,1],[3,5,1])

| ⎡ ⎣ | 25,29,2 | ⎤ ⎦

f:=(x,y)->[x^2+y^2,x+y]:; zip(f,[4,2,1],[3,5,1])

⎡ ⎢ ⎢ ⎣ |
25 | 7
29 | 7
2 | 2
| ⎤ ⎥ ⎥ ⎦