Solved: Packed array generation and complex numbers
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- Subject: [mg31981] Solved: Packed array generation and complex numbers
- From: Martin Johansson <martin.n.johansson at emw.ericsson.se>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:53:13 -0500 (EST)
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OK,
as pointed out, the execution time "anomaly" can
be explained by some of the arguments being packed
arrays.
The remaining question was then why some of the
arguments became packed arrays, and some not.
In private conservation, Sseziwa Mukasa suggested
it had to do with 'I' being an infinite precision
number. This turns out to be correct:
<<Developer`
n=2^10;
PackedArrayQ[Table[Random[],{i,n}]+(I//N) 1]
PackedArrayQ[(I//N) Table[Random[],{i,n}]]
PackedArrayQ[1+ Table[(I//N)Random[],{i,n}]]
Out[2]=True
Out[3]=True
Out[4]=True
So, by first calculating a floating-point 'I',
all results become packed arrays (and I save a
lot of time).
Ciao, Martin
--
Martin Johansson, Ph.D.
Senior Specialist
Advanced Base Station Antennas
m.johansson at ericsson.com