Re: Two questions about modification of a matrix.
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- Subject: [mg101061] Re: Two questions about modification of a matrix.
- From: Peter Breitfeld <phbrf at t-online.de>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:04:05 -0400 (EDT)
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Mayasky wrote:
> Suppose there is a N*N matrix.
>
> 1. How can I change all elements that satisfy i*j>N to 0 ? (Here i, j
> is position of this element, as in mat[[i,j]])
>
> 2. How can I change all negative elements in that matrix to 0 ?
>
> I know a "for loop" can be used, I just wonder if there is any more
> concise and beautiful ways. (I doubt Mathematica doesn't have a 'find'
> function as in another system which conveniently returns indice of elements
> that satisfy a certain condition)
>
Try this:
For your condition i*j>N:
A = Array[Subscript[a, ##] &, {4, 4}];
MapIndexed[If[Greater[Times @@ #2, 4], 0, #1] &, A, {2}] // MatrixForm
to replace negatives with 0:
(B = RandomInteger[{-5, 5}, {4, 4}]) // MatrixForm
Map[If[# < 0, 0, #] &, B, {2}] // MatrixForm
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