Re: reducing the time of constructing a List
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- Subject: [mg57570] Re: [mg57533] reducing the time of constructing a List
- From: Selwyn Hollis <sh2.7183 at earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 06:02:29 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200505310900.FAA03434@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On May 31, 2005, at 5:00 AM, marloo3 at mail15.com wrote:
> please, what is the best way to reduce the timing of the following
> lines, the
> source of data is:
> dat = Table[Random[Integer, {0, 10}], {100000}];
> and the purpose is to construct the List lst in the following way:
> For[i = 1, i <= 100000,
> If [dat[[i]] == 1,
> lst = Join[lst, {1}], lst = Join[lst, {0}]]; i++]; // Timing
>
> Out[]= {226.07 Second, Null}
> on the P4 celeron 2 Ghz , memory 382 MB ram
> thanks
>
Try this:
isOne[x_]:= If[ x == 1, 1, 0]
Map[ isOne, dat ]; // Timing
or in one line:
If[ # == 1, 1, 0] & /@ dat ; // Timing
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Selwyn Hollis
http://www.appliedsymbols.com