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Re: Binary or Logical Selection : Given an array A and a binary
orlogical vector S, how do I select the rows of A when S = 1 or True ?
Posted:
Sep 23, 2012 4:00 PM
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Beau Webber schrieb:
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> Given a 3 column array A of x,y,z numbers, defining a set of spatial
> coordinates, and a binary or logical selection vector S (with as many
> elements as rows in A) :
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> How do I express the operation of selecting an array R with the set of
> those co-ordinates in A where S is 1 (or true) ?
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> In Apl I write this as R <- S /[1] A .
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> But a referee of a paper is asking that I express this in standard
> maths, and I have not yet managed to find an appropriate mathematical
> expression.
> Cheers for any help,
> Beau
I can imagine that referees don't like mathematical explanations in
terms of APL - unless yours is a paper about APL (does the language
still exist?). But I can't think of an elegant way to express this in
standard vector notation either. This newsgroup is only concerned with
the development and application of computer-algebra systems like Maxima
or Maple, I am therefore widening the audience to include sci.math.
Can anybody help the original poster?
Martin.
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