title: Mathematica 8: Convert from cartesian to spherical coordinates
body: <p>I just started using Mathematica and came across a problem. I would like to solve more elegantly. I have measurement data in <code>{x,y,z}</code> form and want to transform these into sperical coordinates. I know how to do it using simple functions. But the code gets ugly.
  I would like something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>v={x,y,z}
  TranformSpherical[v]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have looked in the documentation and only found something for version 9, I am using 8 and it did not work when I tried it. Also I have not found a clear solution anywhere else. Hope someone here knows a simple solution to the probem.</p>