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Re: generating sparse matricies
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avraham |
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Re: generating sparse matricies |
Date: |
Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:11:57 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i |
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 11:07:31PM -0700, Paul Roberts wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using Octave 2.1.64. I would like to iteratively build a sparse matrix
> uring code like:
>
> X = sparse(10000,1000);
> for j=1:1000
> X(:, j) = rand(10000,1) < 0.01;
> end
>
> I have found however that when I try X(:,j) = rand(10000,1) < 0.01;, the
> matrix X is converted to a full matrix. This happens even if I write: X(:,j)
> = sparse(rand(10000,1) < 0.01);
>
> My questions are: (1) Will this be changed in future versions of Octave and
> (2) is there an efficient work around for this issue? I have tried using
> sphcat, but that seems to be very slow.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paul
Hello,
I still have 2.1.64. Asking:
help sprand
I get:
sprand is the user-defined function from the file
/usr/share/octave/2.1.64/site/m/octave-forge/sparse/sprand.m
Which means that you need octave-forge as well.
Good luck, Avraham
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