Re: Where is the code for DistanceMatrix?
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- Subject: [mg109222] Re: Where is the code for DistanceMatrix?
- From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:06:14 -0400 (EDT)
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It seems that the HierarchicalClustering` Package is actually
installed at startup time but the usage messages --and some portion of
its functionality -- are not loaded until you do a
Needs["HierarchicalClustering`"].
So if you start up Mathematica fresh and do not load
HierarchicalClustering` but check
Contexts[]
you sill see that HierarchicalClustering` is one of the contexts. You
can call DistanceMatrix explicitly at that time using the full context
HierarchicalClustering`DistanceMatrix[{1,2,3,4,5}]
for example. So presumably this portion of the HierarchicalClustering`
code is either compiled C code in Mathematica but placed int eh
HierarchicalClustering` context, or is loaded as a .mx file
somewhere... but I hven't found a corresponding .mx file....
--David
On Apr 16, 5:52 am, "Ingolf Dahl" <ingolf.d... at telia.com> wrote:
> DistanceMatrix is defined in the HierarchicalClustering package and in th=
e
> HierarchicalClustering` context. But if I open in the
> HierarchicalClustering .m file D:\Program Files\Wolfram
> Research\Mathematica\7.0\AddOns\Packages\HierarchicalClustering directory=
, I
> find
>
> If[ Not@ValueQ[DistanceMatrix::usage],
> DistanceMatrix::usage = "DistanceMatrix[list] computes the \
> symmetric matrix of distance or dissimilarity coefficients between \
> the elements of list."]
>
> If I do
>
> Needs["HierarchicalClustering`"]
> ?DistanceMatrix
>
> then I get
>
> DistanceMatrix [ list ] gives a matrix of distances or dissimilarities
> between the elements of list . >>
>
> which is not what the usage message says
>
> Then I try to find the code for the function DistanceMatrix, but I do not
> find it in this file. Where is it? Is it hidden in the Kernel?
> If it is in the Kernel, why is it not available without loading
> HierarchicalClustering?
>
> Ingolf Dahl
> Sweden
> e-mail: ingolf.d... at telia.com