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Re: Duplicating an array help [message #90843 is a reply to message #90842]

Mon, 27 April 2015 08:10

Jeremy Bailin
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On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 8:41:15 AM UTC-5, rryan%s...@gtempaccount.com wrote:
> On Friday, April 24, 2015 at 7:02:42 PM UTC-4, Joe Llama wrote:
>> I'm not entirely sure how best to phrase what I am trying to do but essentially I am trying to find a function that does something like this (but without the loop):
>>
>> x = findgen(5)
>> y = x
>> for i = 0, 100 do y = [y, x]
>>
>> So I then have an array [0,1,2,3,4,0,1,2,3,4...] 100 times. Is there a way of doing this without the loop?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> I fully endorse the other answers as better than this. But given what yo wrote, you might also consider the "mod" operator:
>
> x= findgen(500) mod 5
>
> -Russell

You probably really want indgen or lindgen -- taking the modulus of a float isn't a good idea and can cause unwanted results!

-Jeremy.

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		Duplicating an array help By: joellama on Fri, 24 April 2015 16:02
		Re: Duplicating an array help By: don.woodraska on Fri, 24 April 2015 16:20
		Re: Duplicating an array help By: wlandsman on Fri, 24 April 2015 16:30
		Re: Duplicating an array help By: Jeremy Bailin on Sat, 25 April 2015 10:06
		Re: Duplicating an array help By: rryan%stsci.edu on Mon, 27 April 2015 06:41
		Re: Duplicating an array help By: Jeremy Bailin on Mon, 27 April 2015 08:10
		Re: Duplicating an array help By: Russell[1] on Mon, 27 April 2015 10:04

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