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Re: fastest way to find the first non-zero value in an array [message #59674 is a reply to message #59673]

Tue, 08 April 2008 06:15

Vince Hradil
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Registered: December 1999

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On Apr 8, 3:04 am, smas...@locean-ipsl.upmc.fr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to find the first non-zero value of an array. Is there a faster
> way to do this than with the "where" command: (where(array ne 0))[0]
> "Where" will look for all non-zero values and I only need the first
> one. It would be great if I could stop "where" in its search process
> as soon as it found one element...
>
> sebastien

Wow - I'd be interested in knowing how slow 'where' is. Are we
talking the difference between 0.01 seconds and 0.05 seconds? Or even
the difference between 1 and 5 seconds? Time is money, but at what
point does our 'need for speed' end?

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		Re: fastest way to find the first non-zero value in an array By: Vince Hradil on Tue, 08 April 2008 07:02
		Re: fastest way to find the first non-zero value in an array By: Spon on Tue, 08 April 2008 06:56
		Re: fastest way to find the first non-zero value in an array By: David Fanning on Tue, 08 April 2008 06:34
		Re: fastest way to find the first non-zero value in an array By: Vince Hradil on Tue, 08 April 2008 06:15
		Re: fastest way to find the first non-zero value in an array By: Spon on Tue, 08 April 2008 06:03
		Re: fastest way to find the first non-zero value in an array By: Clemens on Tue, 08 April 2008 01:42
		Re: fastest way to find the first non-zero value in an array By: karo03de on Wed, 09 April 2008 13:02

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