RE: 3D Arrays in Octave ??

[Ted Harding]

On 04-May-98 Peter Biechele wrote:
> Is it possible to have 3D arrays in Octave (like in Matlab) ?? That
> means arrays with more than 2 indices ?
> 
> e.g.    an Array of Matrices like A(:,:,1:10) ???

It does not exist as yet, as far as I know; but I gather it is "on the list".

Meanwhile, it is possible to simulate multi-dimensional arrays by computing an
index into a linear array; the whole tangle can conveniently be stored in a
structure.

E.g. an array A has 3 dimensions A(1:3,1:5,1:4).

A.ndim = 3;
A.dims = [5 7 6]
A.elems = ...
 [111 112 113 114 121 122 123 124 ... 151 152 153 154 ... 351 352 353 354];

function elem(A,i,j,k) = ...
A.elems(k + A.dims(3)*(j-1) + A.dims(3)*A.dims(2)*(i-1))

This can obviously be extended to any number of dimensions.

Hope this helps,
Ted.

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Date: 04-May-98                                       Time: 10:41:58
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