I remember at one point wishing that these would all work on character and boxed data.
Thanks, -- Raul On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Roger Hui <rogerhui.can...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's useful to have at your fingertips a (small) set of manoeuvers: > > x * 0 = 0 > x * 1 = x > > x ^ 0 = 1 > x ^ 1 = x > > etc. > > The Y {~ X i. x phrase, for mapping cells in X to values in Y, is also > generally useful. See the Dyalog APL blog post Calcultion v Look-Up > <https://www.dyalog.com/blog/2017/04/calculation-v-look-up/>. (It's APL > rather than J but you can handle that, right? :-) I read somewhere that > Google uses that (looking up instead of calculating) a lot, but I don't > have the reference now. > > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Don - the source data is a text file of float data that is being read into >> J >> >> Roger - thanks, for the confirmation. I find that when I'm way from J/APL >> for awhile, my mind drifts back into "if/then" thinking instead of the >> simpler and faster method of using multiplication where possible. I fiddled >> with ^: and @. for over an hour until I posted here, and then in a moment >> of odd clarity the multiplication idea hit >> >> Somewhat tangential -- I recently had to do quantity conversions >> >> QuantitySF = IF(UOM="SF",Quantity,UOM="SY",Quantity*9,0) >> >> Beautifully (in my opinion) represented as: >> >> qtysf =. qty*(1,9,0) {~ idotfill (>'SF';'SY');uom >> >> I'm not nearly as good at keeping references, but this has been highlighted >> before I think as a hallmark of APL/J elsewhere. I will have to read >> through the Knuth paper linked >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Roger Hui <rogerhui.can...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Yes, it's a boon that 0 * x is 0 for any x. Some authors go even >> further: >> > Knuth propose to have 0 * x be 0 even when x is an expression which is in >> > error. He wanted this to make "Iverson's convention" work in more >> > situations. See https://arxiv.org/PS_cache/math/pdf/9205/9205211v1.pdf >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > Well, I stumbled upon a fast way that takes advantage of simple >> > > multiplication >> > > >> > > _ * 0 = 0 >> > > _ * 1 = _ >> > > 5 * 1 = 5 >> > > >> > > >> > > _3 {. (-.@isblank * _&".) c1 >> > > 1.01 _ 0 >> > > (6!:2) '(isblank * _&".) c1' >> > > 1.00593 >> > > >> > > I'm still interested in alternatives that are similar speed if possible >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 3:19 PM, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > >> > > > Thank you -- Yes, I didn't want to send along the full sample, >> > although I >> > > > could have created some dummy data. >> > > > >> > > > Both Don and Raul's method are similar and are equally slow as the >> way >> > I >> > > > had >> > > > >> > > > It's not terribly important but I have like 10 numeric columns that I >> > > > convert in a script and have to painfully wait 30 seconds each time I >> > run >> > > > the script. If I could shave 20 seconds off something that I seem to >> be >> > > > running multiple times a day and learn something in the process, I >> > > figured >> > > > it was worthwhile to ask >> > > > >> > > > (6!:2) '{.@(_&".)"1 c' >> > > > 3.44371 >> > > > >> > > > Here's a reasonable approximation: >> > > > >> > > > c1 =. 1.5e6 # (>' ';'bad';'10') >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > c1=: (((5e6,4)$'1.01'),'bad'),' ' >> > > > $ c1 >> > > > 5000002 4 >> > > > (6!:2) '{.@(_&".)"1 c1' >> > > > 3.29915 >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Compare to >> > > > >> > > > (6!:2) '_ ". c1' >> > > > 1.01854 >> > > > >> > > > _3 {. _ ". c1 NB. bad values at the end... ideally the blank is 0 >> > > though >> > > > 1.01 _ _ >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:13 PM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> >> > > > wrote: >> > > > >> > > >> Your sample data does not match your problem description. >> > > >> >> > > >> That said, >> > > >> >> > > >> {.@(_&".)"1 > ' ';'bad';'10' >> > > >> 0 _ 10 >> > > >> >> > > >> Thanks, >> > > >> >> > > >> -- >> > > >> Raul >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:03 PM, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > I have a large byte array that I want to convert to a number >> array. >> > I >> > > >> want >> > > >> > to use _ to indicate a bad value, but blank should be treated as 0 >> > > >> > >> > > >> > $ c >> > > >> > 4862343 10 >> > > >> > >> > > >> > Instead of this: >> > > >> > >> > > >> > asnumber =: _&". >> > > >> > >> > > >> > asnumber (>' ';'bad';'10') >> > > >> > _ _ 10 >> > > >> > >> > > >> > I want this: >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > asnumber (>' ';'bad';'10') >> > > >> > 0 _ 10 >> > > >> > >> > > >> > This works, but is much slower than I'd like -- nearly 3x slower >> > than >> > > >> just >> > > >> > _ ". >> > > >> > >> > > >> > asnumber =: _ ". '0' ,~^:([: */ ' '&=@])"1 ] >> > > >> > asnumber (>' ';'bad';'10') >> > > >> > 0 _ 10 >> > > >> > >> > > >> > (6!:2) 'asnumber c' >> > > >> > 3.32579 >> > > >> > (6!:2) '_&". c' >> > > >> > 1.35091 >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > I have an isblank function that is fast >> > > >> > >> > > >> > isblank =. ([: ({. -:"1 }.) ' '&,) >> > > >> > (6!:2) 'isblank c' >> > > >> > 0.033164 >> > > >> > >> > > >> > I can't seem to combine the two into something that performs well >> > > >> without >> > > >> > doing things at the atom/row level instead of the entire array. 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