From help-request at octave dot org Fri Jul 16 21:18:38 2004
Subject: Re: Possible to specify range on LHS in DLD?
From: Glenn Golden <gdg at zplane dot com>
To: Paul Thomas <paulthomas2 at wanadoo dot fr>
Cc: help at octave dot org
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:17:50 -0600

Paul Thomas writes:
> Thank Michael Creel!
> 

Thanks, Michael!  Sorry for mis-attributing your contribution.

Glenn



> Glenn Golden wrote:
> 
> >"Paul Thomas" writes:
> >  
> >
> >>Various functions do exist that allow you to do such things.  Visit:
> >>http://pareto.uab.es/mcreel/OctaveClassReference/html/classMatrix.html and
> >>see functions insert, append, row and column.  However, they themselves do
> >>nothing more than element by element transfers and take exactly the same
> >>amount of time as you would by doing it explicitly.  You pays your penny and
> >>takes your choice.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Paul,
> >
> >Thanks. The URL alone is worth lots more than a penny. : ) Very useful
> >reference, lots of stuff there I didn't even know existed.
> >
> >Thanks for the quick response.
> >
> >Glenn
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>From: "Glenn Golden" <gdg at zplane dot com>
> >>To: <help at octave dot org>
> >>Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 8:25 PM
> >>Subject: Possible to specify range on LHS in DLD?
> >>
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>DLDoids,
> >>>
> >>>In a DLD function, is it possible to assign to a slice of a Matrix
> >>>or Vector object in one gulp, or do you have to iterate over the
> >>>desired elements one at a time?  I looked in ...src/DLD_FUNCTIONS,
> >>>but couldn't quickly spot an example.
> >>>
> >>>Conceptually, I want to do the DLDland equivalent of something like
> >>>
> >>>v = zeros(1,10);
> >>>v(k:l) = whatever;
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>Glenn Golden
> >>>



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