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Re: Avoiding a for cicle [message #19660 is a reply to message #19659]

Fri, 07 April 2000 00:00

landsman
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In article <B51278FB.4C3D%zamb@physics.ucla.edu>,
Ricardo Fonseca <zamb@physics.ucla.edu> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm looking for a more efficient way of implementing the following
(i.e.
> avoiding the for cycle) which is a routine for finding local maximuns
>
> ; Data is a 1D Array
>
> s = Size(Data)
>
> nx = s[1]
>
> max_pos = [-1]
>
> for i = 1, nx-1 do $
> if ((Data[i] gt Data[i-1]) and (Data[i] gt Data[i+1])) then $
> max_pos = [[max_pos],i]
>
> ; and then throw away the first element...
>
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Ricardo
>

And JD Smith gave the solution:

> max_pos = where(data gt median(data,3))

Cool! I think this can be described as an almost literal example of
"thinking outside of the box"

Wayne Landsman landsman@mpb.gsfc.nasa.gov

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		Re: Avoiding a for cicle By: John-David T. Smith on Tue, 11 April 2000 00:00
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