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Append[expr,elem]

gives expr with elem appended.

Append[elem]

represents an operator form of Append that can be applied to an expression.

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Append

Append[expr,elem]

gives expr with elem appended.

Append[elem]

represents an operator form of Append that can be applied to an expression.

Details

  • In iteratively building a list, it is usually more efficient to use Sow and Reap than to use Append[list,new] at each step.
  • Append works on SparseArray objects, returning ordinary lists if necessary.
  • Append can be used on Association objects. Single new elements are specified in the form key->value. New values replace older ones if their keys are the same.
  • Multiple elements to append to an association can be specified in the form {key1->value1,key2->value2, …}.
  • Append[elem][expr] is equivalent to Append[expr,elem].

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Basic Examples  (3)

Append to an Association:

Append several rules to an Association:

Generalizations & Extensions  (1)

Use a head other than List:

Applications  (4)

Append a row to a matrix:

Append to each row in a matrix:

Append a vector to a matrix:

Successively append to a list:

Possible Issues  (2)

When working on a shared list in parallel, Append is not atomic (or thread-safe):

Use AppendTo in such circumstances:

Wolfram Research (1988), Append, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Append.html (updated 2014).

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Wolfram Research (1988), Append, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Append.html (updated 2014).

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Wolfram Language. 1988. "Append." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2014. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Append.html.

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Wolfram Language. (1988). Append. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Append.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_append, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Append}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Append.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_append, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Append}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Append.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}