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Zero vector detection in IDL [message #16102]

Mon, 28 June 1999 00:00

Frank Morgan
Messages: 3
Registered: June 1999

Junior Member

Given a big byte or integer array (actually a 1-D vector), is there a
fast IDL way to check whether any non-zero elements exist?

Something like "if (total(x) EQ 0)..." or a where() construct will work,
but scans the whole vector when the first non-zero element is enough to
answer the question. max(x) is even worse.

On the other hand:
for i=0,n-1 do begin
if (x(i) NE 0) then begin
(it's not all zero)
goto, BREAK
endif
endif
BREAK:
will stop early if possible, but looping a
conditional is maybe not the
fastest structure in IDL.

An internal command that implements the loop concept would be what I'm
looking for I think but I don't know if it exists.

Any better ideas?

Thanks,
Frank
frank.morgan@jhuapl.edu

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