Using Map to convert Feet + Inches to Inches in a List of Lists

Question

I have a list of list as follows:

{{5., 10., "Male"}, {6., 4., "Male"}, {5., 10., "Male"}, {5., 9., \
"Male"}, {5., 7., "Female"}, {6., 0., "Male"}, {5., 11., "Male"}, \
{5., 9., "Female"}, {5., 5., "Female"}}

The first two elements of the inner list specify the height of the subject in feets and inches. I would like to convert that to a List of list with just the height in Inches e.g.

{{70, "Male"}, {82, "Male"} .....}

What is the Map way of doing this?

Answer 1

Given

data = {{5., 10., "Male"}, {6., 4., "Male"}, {5., 10., 
    "Male"}, {5., 9., "Male"}, {5., 7., "Female"}, {6., 0., 
    "Male"}, {5., 11., "Male"}, {5., 9., "Female"}, {5., 5., 
    "Female"}};

You can use Map with

{12 #[[1]] + #[[2]], #[[3]]} & /@ data

(* {{70., "Male"}, {76., "Male"}, {70., "Male"}, {69., 
  "Male"}, {67., "Female"}, {72., "Male"}, {71., "Male"}, {69., 
  "Female"}, {65., "Female"}} *)

A slightly more concise version (suggested by @March) uses Apply

{12 #1 + #2, #3} & @@@ data

(* {{70., "Male"}, {76., "Male"}, {70., "Male"}, {69., 
  "Male"}, {67., "Female"}, {72., "Male"}, {71., "Male"}, {69., 
  "Female"}, {65., "Female"}} *)

And if you'd really like to abuse Mathematica, you can write

m = {{12, 0}, {1, 0}, {0, 1}};

Rationalize[data].m
(* {{70, "Male"}, {76, "Male"}, {70, "Male"}, {69, "Male"}, {67,
   "Female"}, {72, "Male"}, {71, "Male"}, {69, "Female"}, {65, 
  "Female"}} *)