Apply Max to each element of a list
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I have a list a = {1, 8, 0, 6, 5, 3, 5, 2, 2, 5} I want to generate a new list whose elements are the same of a if it's bigger than 5, or 5 elsewhere. I managed to achieve this using Map and a pure function doing Map[(Max[#, 5]) &, a] but this looks a bit clumsy to me. Is there a better way? EDIT: I found this solution a /. x_ /; x < 5 -> 5 but I cannot really understand why is working. Could someone give an insight into it? Thanks
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