I think `similar` is implemented by optional variable instead of keyword variable. But I'm not sure.
Anyway, you can use `eltype(M)` for the second argument. On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 3:37:40 PM UTC+2, harven wrote: > > Hi, I have an array and I want to create a similar array with same element > type but different dimensions (say, 2x2). > > julia > similar(M, ?, (2,2)) > > Is there a way to skip the second optional argument, which should be > infered from M, and just provide the third? > > I have a similar question with images from the Images library. I have an > image, and I want to create another image > with the same properties but different dimension. I came to > > julia > Image(similar(img.data, typeof(img.data[1]), > newdimensions), img.properties) > > but there must be a simpler way. >
