Re: Possible to specify range on LHS in DLD?

[Glenn Golden]

"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" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> 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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