Re: array cross sections

[Mike Miller]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, John W. Eaton wrote:

> | a(find(a<0.5))
>
> I think this should be better:
>
>  a(a<0.5)
>
> since it avoids calling find, but it could also end up being slower for 
> very large matrices since it requires forming an mask array that is the 
> same size as the original matrix.
>
> | ...and does that require do_fortran_indexing = 1?
>
> No.


Clarification:  I believe a(find(a<0.5)) requires that do_fortran_indexing 
= 1, while a(a<0.5) works for any value of do_fortran_indexing.  That is, 
unless something was changed in a very recent version.

Mike



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