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Weird behavior of SparseArray

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  • Subject: [mg58387] Weird behavior of SparseArray
  • From: Adel Elsabbagh <aelsabbagh at gmail.com>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 04:37:22 -0400 (EDT)
  • Reply-to: Adel Elsabbagh <aelsabbagh at gmail.com>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Dear all

I don't understand what is going on with SparseArray

If I write this:

cp1 = SparseArray[{i_, j_} -> 0, {4, 2}];
cp1[[Range[4], 1]] = cp1[[Range[4], 1]] + {1, 1, 1, 1};
cp1 // MatrixForm

I get cp1 with all entries equal to zero

However, if use Table instead of SparseArray I get the right answer.

More surprisingly, if I write this: 

cp1 = SparseArray[{i_, j_} -> 0, {4, 2}];
cp1[[Range[4], 1]] = cp1[[Range[4], 1]] + {1, 1, 1, 1};
cp1 // MatrixForm
cp1[[Range[4], 1]] = cp1[[Range[4], 1]] + {1, 1, 1, 1};
cp1 // MatrixForm

I get ones in the first column!!

Any explanation?

-- 
Adel


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