Re: Re: Re: ParrallelDo and set::noval
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- Subject: [mg102715] Re: [mg102704] Re: [mg102697] Re: ParrallelDo and set::noval
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:42:39 -0400 (EDT)
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This implies that "grid" cannot be changed inside ParallelDo in your code, yes? And a simple test verifies as much. But then, surely, that should be mentioned in the documentation for DistributeDefinitions! Bobby On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:55:30 -0500, Patrick Scheibe <pscheibe at trm.uni-leipzig.de> wrote: > Hi, > > why do you create the table in the first place? Just let ParallelTable > collect your data: > > grid = Range[4, 50, 0.5]; > DistributeDefinitions[grid]; > testArray1 = ParallelTable[ > {i, If[4 <= grid[[i]] <= 50, 1, 0]}, {i, 1, Length[grid]}] > > but if you insist to know what was wrong with your code, please have a > look at SetSharedVariable[...] > > grid = Range[4, 50, 0.5]; > testArray = Array[Null, {Length[grid]}]; > DistributeDefinitions[grid]; > SetSharedVariable[testArray]; > ParallelDo[iroot = 0; > rr = grid[[i]]; > Which[4 <= rr <= 50, iroot = 1]; > testArray[[i]] = {i, iroot};, {i, 1, Length[grid]}] > > testArray===testArray1 > > Out[12]= True > > Cheers > Patrick > > On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 07:02 -0400, guerom00 wrote: >> As requested, a minimal example which illustrate the problem. >> >> The following sequential code works fine : >> >> grid = Range[4, 50, 0.5]; >> testArray = Array[Null, {Length[grid]}]; >> >> Do[ >> iroot = 0; >> rr = grid[[i]]; >> Which[ >> 4 <= rr <= 50, iroot = 1 >> ]; >> testArray[[i]] = {i, iroot}; >> , {i, 1, Length[grid]}] >> >> >> The equivalent parallel code : >> >> grid = Range[4, 50, 0.5]; >> testArray = Array[Null, {Length[grid]}]; >> >> DistributeDefinitions[grid,testArray]; >> >> ParallelDo[ >> iroot = 0; >> rr = grid[[i]]; >> Which[ >> 4 <= rr <= 50, iroot = 1 >> ]; >> testArray[[i]] = {i, iroot}; >> , {i, 1, Length[grid]}] >> >> returns "Set::noval: Symbol testArray in part assignment does not have >> an immediate value." Somehow the DistributeDefinitions[] is not >> sufficient to indicate to each kernel that I have initialized the list >> testArray. >> >> Thanks in advance for any help :) >> > > -- DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com