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Column array with different assignment in even and odd rows

QS_10727930
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Column array with different assignment in even and odd rows

Hello community


I request your help please with the following problem:

I need to run a for or similar loop that allows me to build a 1x (2N) array, where N is an input value.

That is, the array will always have an even number of rows. On each odd row the routine should place "Px" and on each even row the routine should place "Py".

 

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Thanking you in advance for your help

 

 

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LucMeekes
23-Emerald III
(To:QS_10727930)

I made a mistake. You've set ORIGIN t0 1. My program needs a tweak.

 

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Luc

 

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LucMeekes
23-Emerald III
(To:QS_10727930)

How about:

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Luc

QS_10727930
4-Participant
(To:LucMeekes)

It seems that the results are not obtained in the positions that it should. For example, 45 would have to be in row 5 and -20 in row 6 and the array should have only 2*N=2*12=24 rows

LucMeekes
23-Emerald III
(To:QS_10727930)

I made a mistake. You've set ORIGIN t0 1. My program needs a tweak.

 

Success!
Luc

 

I have tried this, pero it doesnt work....

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@QS_10727930 wrote:

I have tried this, pero it doesnt work....

QS_10727930_0-1688320318011.png

 


Hi,

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Martin Hanák


@QS_10727930 wrote:

I have tried this, pero it doesnt work....

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Because your inner j-loop assigns N times an element of one of the input vectors to the very same element P[i,1 of the result vector. So at the end every P[i,1 ends up with the same last element of the input vector.

To fix this you would make the index of the assigned element in Px and Py dependent on i.

You don't need the j-loop. Its also not necessary to initially create the result vector P though doing so may speed up calculation for very large input vectors (which you sure won't provide via a Prime table).

I also like to define O <-- ORIGIN at the top of my programs. But I only do this when creating a utility function which might also be used in worksheets which have the system variable ORIGIN set to different values. Your program does not use O anywhere so you can omit that assignment.
For column vectors its not necessary to provide the second matrix index (column index), you can omit it

So one possible fix would be

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Nonetheless I sure would prefer using an utility function like the one which Luc had provided and it sure makes sense making it ORIGIN independent as he did (see his corrected version).

There are many ways to skin a cat and so here are a few more variants of such a function for you to chose from

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Feel free to assign O<--ORIGIN in the front of the programs and use O instead of ORIGIN to save some typing and space 😉

Prime 9 worksheet attached

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