Re: Re: Elegant syntax for multiple conditional assignment?
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- Subject: [mg54414] Re: Re: [mg54337] Elegant syntax for multiple conditional assignment?
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:08:39 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
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a1={1,2,3,4,5};
c1={6,7,8,9,10};
x1={11,12,13,14,15};
y1={16,17,18,19,20};
old={a1,c1,x1,y1};
a2={21,22,23,24,25};
c2={26,27,28,29,30};
x2={31,32,33,34,35};
y2={36,37,38,39,40};
new={a2,c2,x2,y2};
cond={True,False,True,False,True};
t=Transpose;
t[If[#[[1]],#[[2]],#[[3]]]&/@t[{cond,t[new],t[old]}]] ==
t[Table[If[cond[[n]],new[[All,n]],old[[All,n]]],{n,Length[cond]}]]
True
n=10000;
old=Table[Random[],{4},{n}];
new=Table[Random[],{4},{n}];
cond=(Table[Random[Integer,{0,1}],{n}]/.{1->True,0->False});
Timing[{a,c,x,y} =
t[If[#[[1]],#[[2]],#[[3]]]&/@t[{cond,t[new],t[old]}]];]
{0.2 Second,Null}
Timing[{a,c,x,y} = t[Table[
If[cond[[n]],new[[All,n]],old[[All,n]]],{n,Length[cond]}]];]
{0.13 Second,Null}
Bob Hanlon
>
> From: Scott Hemphill <hemphill at hemphills.net>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Date: 2005/02/19 Sat AM 11:17:59 EST
> To: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
> CC: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg54414] Re: [mg54337] Elegant syntax for multiple conditional assignment?
>
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Bob Hanlon wrote:
>
> > old={a1,c1,x1,y1};
> >
> > new={a2,c2,x2,y2};
> >
> > cond={True,False,True,False};
> >
> > {a,c,x,y} = If[#[[1]],#[[2]],#[[3]]]&/@
> > Transpose[{cond,new,old}]
> >
> > {a2,c1,x2,y1}
> >
> > {a,c,x,y} = If[#[[1]],#[[2]],#[[3]]]&/@
> > Thread[{cond,new,old}]
> >
> > {a2,c1,x2,y1}
>
> This isn't what I want. What I want is this:
>
> a1={1,2,3,4,5};
> c1={6,7,8,9,10};
> x1={11,12,13,14,15};
> y1={16,17,18,19,20};
>
> old={a1,c1,x1,y1};
>
> a2={21,22,23,24,25};
> c2={26,27,28,29,30};
> x2={31,32,33,34,35};
> y2={36,37,38,39,40};
>
> new={a2,c2,x2,y2};
>
> cond={True,False,True,False,True} (* Note: five elements *)
>
> What I want is code which takes old, new, and cond and makes this
> assignment:
>
> a={21,2,23,4,25};
> c={26,7,28,9,30};
> x={31,12,33,14,35};
> y={36,17,38,19,40};
>
> Scott
> --
> Scott Hemphill hemphill at alumni.caltech.edu
> "This isn't flying. This is falling, with style." -- Buzz Lightyear
>
>