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Re: Looking for more ideas on code ... [message #32355 is a reply to message #32275]

Tue, 01 October 2002 13:11

jeyadev
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In article <onr8fbugea.fsf@cow.physics.wisc.edu>,
Craig Markwardt <craigmnet@cow.physics.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
> jeyadev@wrc.xerox.bounceback.com (Surendar Jeyadev) writes:
>
>> ....
>>
>> ------------------------------------------
>>
>> function sinc, y
>>
>>
>> if(n_elements(y) eq 1) then begin ; y is a scalar
>> if(y eq 0.0) then profile = 1.0 else begin
>> profile = sin(y)/y
>> endelse
>> endif else begin ; y is a vector
>> zeros = where(y eq 0.0, ind)
>> if(ind gt 0) then y(zeros) = 1.0e-10 ; set zeroes to a small quantity
>> profile = sin(y)/y
>> endelse
>>
>> profile = profile*profile/a0

My mistake there. I am actually after sinc^2 ..... but it
has not caused any harm!

>> return, profile
>>
>> end
>>
>
> Second of all, you can simplify your logic a little, by pre-filling
> the array with the "special case:"
>
> profile = y*0 + 1. ;; Tricky way to get array filled with zeroes
> wh = where(y NE 0, ct)
> profile(wh) = sin(y(wh))/y(wh)

Nice one that, when the only exceptional value is the same for
all "problem" points.

thanks
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