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<h1 id="function-apply">Function apply <a href="#function-apply" title="Permalink">#</a></h1>
Apply a function that maps an array to a scalar
along a given axis of a matrix or array.
Returns a new matrix or array with one less dimension than the input.
<h2 id="syntax">Syntax <a href="#syntax" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
```js
math.apply(A, dim, callback)
```
<h3 id="where">Where <a href="#where" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
- `dim: number` is a zero-based dimension over which to concatenate the matrices.
<h3 id="parameters">Parameters <a href="#parameters" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`array` | Array &#124; Matrix | The input Matrix
`dim` | number | The dimension along which the callback is applied
`callback` | Function | The callback function that is applied. This Function should take an array or 1-d matrix as an input and return a number.
<h3 id="returns">Returns <a href="#returns" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
Type | Description
---- | -----------
Array &#124; Matrix | res The residual matrix with the function applied over some dimension.
<h3 id="throws">Throws <a href="#throws" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
Type | Description
---- | -----------
<h2 id="examples">Examples <a href="#examples" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
```js
const A = [[1, 2], [3, 4]]
const sum = math.sum
math.apply(A, 0, sum) // returns [4, 6]
math.apply(A, 1, sum) // returns [3, 7]
```
<h2 id="see-also">See also <a href="#see-also" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
[map](map.html),
[filter](filter.html),
[forEach](forEach.html)