--- Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm wondering if data (e.g. i. 6) could be stored in an array of shape 2 0 3.
>
> I have issues visualizing such a structure.
>
> More basic edge issues to be understood first:
>
> 3 $ 1 2 3
> versus
> 0 3 $ 1 2 3
> versus
> 1 3 $ 1 2 3
>
> The issue is that
> 0 3 $ 1 2 3
> apparently has no data while
> 3 $ 1 2 3
> and
> 1 3 $ 1 2 3
> do have data.
>
>
> But 3 $ 1 2 3
> has zero magnitude in the 2nd dimension, no? So it would seem to be
> equivalent 0 3 $ 1 2 3 but per the interpreter it is not.
It's not zero magnitude in higher dimension, it's _empty_ magnitude.
Same as scalar has empty dimention, but itself represents one
data location. Shape 3 is not (0,3) it's ('',3).
> Is there a wiki link or some other help I can get on dealing with axes having
> zero magnitude? It is a genuine brain-twister for me :)
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