Jon Harrop wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:
> > On Dec 10, 12:37 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> Ruby:
> > >
> >> def norm a
> >> s = Math.sqrt(a.map{|x|x*x}.inject{|x,y|x+y})
> >> a.map{|x| x/s}
> >> end
> >
> > I don't know ruby, but i tried to run it and it does not work.
> >
> > #ruby
> > def norm a
> > s = Math.sqrt(a.map{|x|x*x}.inject{|x,y|x+y})
> > a.map{|x| x/s}
> > end
> >
> > v = [3,4]
> >
> > p norm(v) # returns [0.6, 0.8]
>
> That is the correct answer.
>
> > The correct result for that input would be 5.
>
> No, you're confusing normalization with length.
Expanded for easier comprehension.
def norm a
# Replace each number with its square.
b = a.map{|x| x*x }
# Sum the squares. (inject is reduce or fold)
c = b.inject{|x,y| x + y }
# Take the square root of the sum.
s = Math.sqrt( c )
# Divide each number in original list by the square root.
a.map{|x| x/s }
end
1.upto(4){|i|
a = (1..i).to_a
p a
p norm( a )
}
--- output ---
[1]
[1.0]
[1, 2]
[0.447213595499958, 0.894427190999916]
[1, 2, 3]
[0.267261241912424, 0.534522483824849, 0.801783725737273]
[1, 2, 3, 4]
[0.182574185835055, 0.365148371670111, 0.547722557505166,
0.730296743340221]
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