RE: structure array equivalent in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg67211] RE: [mg67162] structure array equivalent in Mathematica
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:08:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Kevin,
Generally you would use Part. But if you wanted to make a more convenient
usage you could do something like the following. First create some sample
data.
data = Table[{p[i], t[i], wv[i]}, {i, 1, 5}];
observation[i_] := Part[data, i]
pressure := Part[#, 1] &
temperature := Part[#, 2] &
watervapor := Part[#, 3] &
pressure@observation[3]
p[3]
watervapor@observation[1]
wv[1]
temperature /@ data
{t[1], t[2], t[3], t[4], t[5]}
David Park
djmp at earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/
From: kevin_jazz [mailto:kevinbowman at mac.com]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Like many people I imagine, I'm transitioning to Mathematica from a
background in another system.
One of the common data types is the structure array. Let's say I have
an observational data set that includes pressure, temperature, and
water vapor as a function of altitude. So, in pseudo-code I might
define a structure as
observation = {pressure: float(100), temperature: float(100),
water_vapor: float(100)}
I could then access the elements of this observation as
observation.pressure
observation.temperature, etc.
Furthermore, I could aggregate these observations into a larger list, e.g.
obs_day = {observation, observation, observation}
to be accessed as
obs_day[1].pressure for the first element (assuming 1-index).
Now, the list in Mathematica is quite powerful and I think can be
set-up in a similar fashion.
So my question is how is the structure array commonly implemented in
Mathematica or its equivalent?
If there is a previous thread (I looked but didn't find any) on the
topic or in the Mathematica book or Mathematica Journal that I missed,
feel free to point me in that direction.
Many thanks,
Kevin Bowman
Jet Propulsion Laboratory