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finds values greater or equal 1 in the first 20 indices and replaces $myfmat with | finds values greater or equal 1 in the first 20 indices and replaces $myfmat with | ||
their indices. | their indices. | ||
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| + | === More Explanations === | ||
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| + | ''find'' takes an expr and returns the '''indices''' of values in the fmat for which the expr is true. | ||
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| + | Trivial example: Given | ||
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| + | [expr '($x > 0.5)' | myexpr] | ||
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| + | You could do | ||
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| + | (($foo rows 20) ramp 0 1); ($foo find ($myexpr)) | ||
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| + | Which would return all those indices where x > 0.5, i.e. the second half of the fmat in this case. | ||
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| + | It's a bit like the matlab / octave find function, except that: | ||
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| + | # It is destructive on the input fmat (so copy first if you want to preserve data) | ||
| + | # Whereas in matlab / octave there is a simple construct for directly sifting values based on the results of find, newvals = oldvals(find(<expr>)), this is a bit more involved in ftm (because we can't construct arbitrary fvecs based on non-contiguous portions of an fmat, AFAIK.) | ||
| + | # For 2d fmats, find seems to return 'unwrapped' indices rather than coordinates, e.g. for a 20x2 fmat, find will return indices in the range 0<=i<40. | ||
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| + | ''Owen Green'' | ||
[[Category:FAQ]] [[Category:FTM Documentation]] [[Category:fmat Class]] [[Category:expr Class]] [[Category:ftm.mess]] | [[Category:FAQ]] [[Category:FTM Documentation]] [[Category:fmat Class]] [[Category:expr Class]] [[Category:ftm.mess]] | ||
Revision as of 15:23, 3 January 2011
This is a method of the fmat class.
Syntax: find <expr: expression> <any: arguments to expression...>
- leave indices where expression is true (use $x, $i and $self)
The find method of fmat replaces an fmat with the (unwrapped) indices of the elements for which the given expression returned non-zero. The expression can use the arguments to the find method following the expression as $1, $2, etc., and the predefined super-local variables $x (the value of the element being tested), $i (its index), and $self (the reference to the fmat itself). Otherwise, only global definitions are visible within the expression. (The latter holds for any expression evaluation.)
Example: ($myfmat find $myexpr 1 20) with myexpr = '(($x >= $1) && ($i < $2))'
finds values greater or equal 1 in the first 20 indices and replaces $myfmat with
their indices.
More Explanations
find takes an expr and returns the indices of values in the fmat for which the expr is true.
Trivial example: Given
[expr '($x > 0.5)' | myexpr]
You could do
(($foo rows 20) ramp 0 1); ($foo find ($myexpr))
Which would return all those indices where x > 0.5, i.e. the second half of the fmat in this case.
It's a bit like the matlab / octave find function, except that:
- It is destructive on the input fmat (so copy first if you want to preserve data)
- Whereas in matlab / octave there is a simple construct for directly sifting values based on the results of find, newvals = oldvals(find(<expr>)), this is a bit more involved in ftm (because we can't construct arbitrary fvecs based on non-contiguous portions of an fmat, AFAIK.)
- For 2d fmats, find seems to return 'unwrapped' indices rather than coordinates, e.g. for a 20x2 fmat, find will return indices in the range 0<=i<40.
Owen Green