Map function in MATLAB?

Question

I\'m a little surprised that MATLAB doesn\'t have a Map function, so I hacked one together myself since it\'s something I can\'t live without. Is there a better version out

Answer 1

It seems that the built-in arrayfun doesn't work if the result needed is an array of function: eg: map(@(x)[x x^2 x^3],1:10)

slight mods below make this work better:

function results = map(f,list)
% why doesn't MATLAB have a Map function?
for k = 1:length(list)
    if (k==1)
        r1=f(list(k));
        results = zeros(length(r1),length(list));
        results(:,k)=r1;
    else
        results(:,k) = f(list(k));

    end;
end;
end