Basic(3)

NAME
PDL::Basic -- Basic utility functions for PDL

DESCRIPTION
This module contains basic utility functions for creating and manipulating piddles. Most of these functions are simplified interfaces to the more flexible functions in the modules PDL::Primitive and PDL::Slices.

SYNOPSIS
 use PDL::Basic;

FUNCTIONS

  xvals
Fills a piddle with X index values. Uses similar specifications to zeroes and new_from_specification.

CAVEAT:

If you use the single argument piddle form (top row in the usage table) the output will have the same type as the input; this may give surprising results if, e.g., you have a byte array with a dimension of size greater than 256. To force a type, use the third form.

 $x = xvals($somearray);
 $x = xvals([OPTIONAL TYPE],$nx,$ny,$nz...);
 $x = xvals([OPTIONAL TYPE], $somarray->dims);

etc. see zeroes.

  perldl> print xvals zeroes(5,10)
  [
   [0 1 2 3 4]
   [0 1 2 3 4]
   [0 1 2 3 4]
   [0 1 2 3 4]
   [0 1 2 3 4]
   [0 1 2 3 4]
   [0 1 2 3 4]
   [0 1 2 3 4]
   [0 1 2 3 4]
   [0 1 2 3 4]
  ]

  yvals
Fills a piddle with Y index values. See the CAVEAT for xvals.

 $x = yvals($somearray); yvals(inplace($somearray));
 $x = yvals([OPTIONAL TYPE],$nx,$ny,$nz...);

etc. see zeroes.

 perldl> print yvals zeroes(5,10)
 [
  [0 0 0 0 0]
  [1 1 1 1 1]
  [2 2 2 2 2]
  [3 3 3 3 3]
  [4 4 4 4 4]
  [5 5 5 5 5]
  [6 6 6 6 6]
  [7 7 7 7 7]
  [8 8 8 8 8]
  [9 9 9 9 9]
 ]

  zvals
Fills a piddle with Z index values. See the CAVEAT for xvals.

 $x = zvals($somearray); zvals(inplace($somearray));
 $x = zvals([OPTIONAL TYPE],$nx,$ny,$nz...);

etc. see zeroes.

 perldl> print zvals zeroes(3,4,2)
 [
  [
   [0 0 0]
   [0 0 0]
   [0 0 0]
   [0 0 0]
  ]
  [
   [1 1 1]
   [1 1 1]
   [1 1 1]
   [1 1 1]
  ]
 ]

  xlinvals
X axis values between endpoints (see xvals).

 $a = zeroes(100,100);
 $x = $a->xlinvals(0.5,1.5);
 $y = $a->ylinvals(-2,-1);
 # calculate Z for X between 0.5 and 1.5 and
 # Y between -2 and -1.
 $z = f($x,$y);

"xlinvals", "ylinvals" and "zlinvals" return a piddle with the same shape as their first argument and linearly scaled values between the two other arguments along the given axis.

  ylinvals
Y axis values between endpoints (see yvals).

See xlinvals for more information.

  zlinvals
Z axis values between endpoints (see zvals).

See xlinvals for more information.

  xlogvals
X axis values logarithmicly spaced between endpoints (see xvals).

 $a = zeroes(100,100);
 $x = $a->xlogvals(1e-6,1e-3);
 $y = $a->ylinvals(1e-4,1e3);
 # calculate Z for X between 1e-6 and 1e-3 and
 # Y between 1e-4 and 1e3.
 $z = f($x,$y);

"xlogvals", "ylogvals" and "zlogvals" return a piddle with the same shape as their first argument and logarithmicly scaled values between the two other arguments along the given axis.

  ylogvals
Y axis values logarithmicly spaced between endpoints (see yvals).

See xlogvals for more information.

  zlogvals
Z axis values logarithmicly spaced between endpoints (see zvals).

See xlogvals for more information.

  allaxisvals
Synonym for ndcoords - enumerates all coordinates in a PDL or dim list, adding an extra dim on the front to accomodate the vector coordinate index (the form expected by indexND, range, and interpND). See ndcoords for more detail.

$indices = allaxisvals($pdl); $indices = allaxisvals(@dimlist); $indices = allaxisvals($type,@dimlist);

  ndcoords
Enumerate pixel coordinates for an N-D piddle

Returns an enumerated list of coordinates suitable for use in indexND or range: you feed in a dimension list and get out a piddle whose 0th dimension runs over dimension index and whose 1st through Nth dimensions are the dimensions given in the input. If you feed in a piddle instead of a perl list, then the dimension list is used, as in xvals etc.

As with xvals etc., if you supply a piddle input, you get out a piddle of the same type. This could yield surprising results if you feed in (e.g.) a byte array with a dimension of size greater than 256. To force a type, you should always fall back on the ($type,@dimlist) form; see the example below.

$indices = ndcoords($pdl); $indices = ndcoords(@dimlist); $indices = ndcoords($type,@dimlist);

  perldl> print ndcoords(2,3)
  [
   [
    [0 0]
    [1 0]
    [2 0]
   ]
   [
    [0 1]
    [1 1]
    [2 1]
   ]
  ]
  perldl> $a = zeroes(byte,2,3);        # $a is a 2x3 byte piddle
  perldl> $b = ndcoords($a);            # $b inherits $a's type
  perldl> $c = ndcoords(long,$a->dims); # $c is a long piddle, same dims as $b
  perldl> help $b;
  This variable is   Byte D [2,2,3]              P            0.01Kb
  perldl> help $c;
  This variable is   Long D [2,2,3]              P            0.05Kb

  hist
Create histogram of a piddle

 $hist = hist($data,[$min,$max,$step]);
 ($xvals,$hist) = hist($data,[$min,$max,$step]);

If requested, $xvals gives the computed bin centres

A nice idiom (with PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT) is

 bin hist $data;  # Plot histogram

 perldl> p $y
 [13 10 13 10 9 13 9 12 11 10 10 13 7 6 8 10 11 7 12 9 11 11 12 6 12 7]
 perldl> $h = hist $y,0,20,1; # hist with step 1, min 0 and 20 bins
 perldl> p $h
 [0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0]

  whist
Create a weighted histogram of a piddle

 $hist = whist($data, $wt, [$min,$max,$step]);
 ($xvals,$hist) = whist($data, $wt, [$min,$max,$step]);

If requested, $xvals gives the computed bin centres. $data and $wt should have the same dimensionality and extents.

A nice idiom (with PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT) is

 bin whist $data, $wt;  # Plot histogram

 perldl> p $y
 [13 10 13 10 9 13 9 12 11 10 10 13 7 6 8 10 11 7 12 9 11 11 12 6 12 7]
 perldl> $wt = grandom($y->nelem)
 perldl> $h = whist $y, $wt, 0, 20, 1 # hist with step 1, min 0 and 20 bins
 perldl> p $h
 [0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.49552342  1.7987439 0.39450696  4.0073722 -2.6255299 -2.5084501  2.6458365  4.1671676 0 0 0 0 0 0]

  sequence
Create array filled with a sequence of values

 $a = sequence($b); $a = sequence [OPTIONAL TYPE], @dims;

etc. see zeroes.

 perldl> p sequence(10)
 [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
 perldl> p sequence(3,4)
 [
  [ 0  1  2]
  [ 3  4  5]
  [ 6  7  8]
  [ 9 10 11]
 ]

  rvals
Fills a piddle with radial distance values from some centre.

 $r = rvals $piddle,{OPTIONS};
 $r = rvals [OPTIONAL TYPE],$nx,$ny,...{OPTIONS};

 Options:

 Centre => [$x,$y,$z...] # Specify centre
 Center => [$x,$y.$z...] # synonym.

 Squared => 1 # return distance squared (i.e., don't take the square root)

 perldl> print rvals long,7,7,{Centre=>[2,2]}
 [
  [2 2 2 2 2 3 4]
  [2 1 1 1 2 3 4]
  [2 1 0 1 2 3 4]
  [2 1 1 1 2 3 4]
  [2 2 2 2 2 3 4]
  [3 3 3 3 3 4 5]
  [4 4 4 4 4 5 5]
 ]

For a more general metric, one can define, e.g.,

 sub distance {
   my ($a,$centre,$f) = @_;
   my ($r) = $a->allaxisvals-$centre;
   $f->($r);
 }
 sub l1 { sumover(abs($_[0])); }
 sub euclid { use PDL::Math 'pow'; pow(sumover(pow($_[0],2)),0.5); }
 sub linfty { maximum(abs($_[0])); }

so now

 distance($a, $centre, \&euclid);

will emulate rvals, while "\&l1" and "\&linfty" will generate other well-known norms.

  axisvals
Fills a piddle with index values on Nth dimension

 $z = axisvals ($piddle, $nth);

This is the routine, for which xvals, yvals etc are mere shorthands. "axisvals" can be used to fill along any dimension, using a parameter.

See also allaxisvals, which generates all axis values simultaneously in a form useful for range, interpND, indexND, etc.

Note the 'from specification' style (see zeroes) is not available here, for obvious reasons.

  transpose
transpose rows and columns.

 $b = transpose($a);

 perldl> $a = sequence(3,2)
 perldl> p $a
 [
  [0 1 2]
  [3 4 5]
 ]
 perldl> p transpose( $a )
 [
  [0 3]
  [1 4]
  [2 5]
 ]