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Question: Subtleties between map(...) and the tilde operator

Question:Subtleties between map(...) and the tilde operator

sand15 792 Maple
September 19 2016
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Hello everyone,

 

Is it normal that commands #1 and #2 below do not return the same thing ?

 

L := [`Norman.Mailer`, `Richard.Brautigan`]

#1

map(u -> convert(u, string), L);

["Norman.Mailer", "Richard.Brautigan"]


#2

`convert/string`~(L)

["`Norman.Mailer`", "`Richard.Brautigan`"]


Side question : I am not really familiar with the tilde operator and I often use map instead.
Does it exist a better practice in these matters ?

Thanks in advance
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