Create an array whose index are given by a list (not necesseraly regularly spaced)

Question

I would like to create an array f containing n indices. The label of those indices is stored in a liste of length n, let's call it "list".

So I would like to have something like :

{f[list[[0]]], f[list[[1]],...}

The point is to affect the f[liste[[i]]] to some values after.

I tried to make a table, but the problem is that the indices cannot be a list from what I have seen (in the sense that they must be regularly spaced).

I also tried to use the array function but I have the same problem, I cannot specify the indices as being a list, it must be a regular spacing.

How can I do it ?

Answer 1

Use AssociationMap. E.g.,

m = AssociationMap[f, {8, 29, 16}]
m[29]  (* f[29] *)

Answer 2

Given a list of integers,

list = RandomInteger[{1, 10}, 10]
(*    {5, 8, 8, 2, 6, 2, 3, 7, 7, 5}    *)

we can construct the required {f[list[[1]]], f[list[[2]], ...} with

f /@ list
(*    {f[5], f[8], f[8], f[2], f[6], f[2], f[3], f[7], f[7], f[5]}    *)