Re: Threading over matrices
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- Subject: [mg90771] Re: [mg90741] Threading over matrices
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:59:55 -0400 (EDT)
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On Jul 22, 2008, at 3:57 AM, "Robert <"@frank-exchange-of-
views.oucs.ox.ac.uk wrote:
> How can I get evaluations to thread over matrices with
> conditional functions?
> Here's examples that show the behaviour that's really
> frustrating me.
> Create a couple of matrices:
>
> x = Table[Random[],{3},{4}];
> y = Table[Random[],{3},{4}];
> a=0.5;
>
> (These are example values I would like the following
> to apply to lists of any dimension.)
> When you add them they create a result with the same
> dimensions where each element corresponds to the
> input elements
>
> x + a y
>
> And some functions do similar
>
> Cos[x] + Sin[a y]
>
> But some don't, e.g.
>
> x > y
> x > a
>
> I would have liked those to produce a matrix of corresponding
> True and False results, and then something like:
>
> If[x > y, 1/x, x - y]
> Piecewise[{{1,x==a},{x^2,x>a}},x y^2]
>
> to produce a matrix of results corresponding to each element.
>
> They don't - I haven't managed to find out why they don't
Because they don't have the attribute Flat.
> or
> more usefully how to do what I would like them to do.
There are a variety of ways to do this, and I'm sure you'll see a lot
of varying responses, personally I use MapThread in such situations:
MapThread[>,{x,y},2]
or
MapThread[>,{x,a},2]
Regards,
Ssezi
- References:
- Threading over matrices
- From: "Robert <"@frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk
- Threading over matrices