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NAME

       PDL::Basic -- Basic utility functions for PDL

DESCRIPTION

       This module contains basic utility functions for creating and manipulating ndarrays. Most of these
       functions are simplified interfaces to the more flexible functions in the modules PDL::Primitive and
       PDL::Slices.

SYNOPSIS

        use PDL::Basic;

FUNCTIONS

   xvals
       Fills an ndarray with X index values.  Uses similar specifications to "zeroes" and
       "new_from_specification".

       CAVEAT:

       If you use the single argument ndarray form (top row in the usage table) the output will have the same
       type as the input, except that as of 2.064, the returned ndarray will default to at least type "double".
       As of 2.085, this will respect a given type as in the second or third form below.

        $x = xvals($somearray); # at least type double
        $x = xvals([OPTIONAL TYPE],$nx,$ny,$nz...);
        $x = xvals([OPTIONAL TYPE], $somarray->dims);

       etc. see zeroes.

         pdl> print xvals zeroes(5,10)
         [
          [0 1 2 3 4]
          [0 1 2 3 4]
          [0 1 2 3 4]
          [0 1 2 3 4]
          [0 1 2 3 4]
          [0 1 2 3 4]
          [0 1 2 3 4]
          [0 1 2 3 4]
          [0 1 2 3 4]
          [0 1 2 3 4]
         ]

   yvals
       Fills an ndarray with Y index values.  See the CAVEAT for "xvals".

        $x = yvals($somearray); yvals(inplace($somearray));
        $x = yvals([OPTIONAL TYPE],$nx,$ny,$nz...);

       etc. see zeroes.

        pdl> print yvals zeroes(5,10)
        [
         [0 0 0 0 0]
         [1 1 1 1 1]
         [2 2 2 2 2]
         [3 3 3 3 3]
         [4 4 4 4 4]
         [5 5 5 5 5]
         [6 6 6 6 6]
         [7 7 7 7 7]
         [8 8 8 8 8]
         [9 9 9 9 9]
        ]

   zvals
       Fills an ndarray with Z index values.  See the CAVEAT for "xvals".

        $x = zvals($somearray); zvals(inplace($somearray));
        $x = zvals([OPTIONAL TYPE],$nx,$ny,$nz...);

       etc. see zeroes.

        pdl> print zvals zeroes(3,4,2)
        [
         [
          [0 0 0]
          [0 0 0]
          [0 0 0]
          [0 0 0]
         ]
         [
          [1 1 1]
          [1 1 1]
          [1 1 1]
          [1 1 1]
         ]
        ]

   xlinvals
       X axis values between endpoints (see "xvals").

        $w = zeroes(100,100);
        $x = $w->xlinvals(0.5,1.5);
        $y = $w->ylinvals(-2,-1);
        # calculate Z for X between 0.5 and 1.5 and
        # Y between -2 and -1.
        $z = f($x,$y);

       "xlinvals", "ylinvals" and "zlinvals" return an ndarray with the same shape as their first argument and
       linearly scaled values between the two other arguments along the given axis.

   ylinvals
       Y axis values between endpoints (see "yvals").

       See "xlinvals" for more information.

   zlinvals
       Z axis values between endpoints (see "zvals").

       See "xlinvals" for more information.

   xlogvals
       X axis values logarithmically spaced between endpoints (see "xvals").

        $w = zeroes(100,100);
        $x = $w->xlogvals(1e-6,1e-3);
        $y = $w->ylinvals(1e-4,1e3);
        # calculate Z for X between 1e-6 and 1e-3 and
        # Y between 1e-4 and 1e3.
        $z = f($x,$y);

       "xlogvals", "ylogvals" and "zlogvals" return an ndarray with the same shape as their first argument and
       logarithmically scaled values between the two other arguments along the given axis.

   ylogvals
       Y axis values logarithmically spaced between endpoints (see "yvals").

       See "xlogvals" for more information.

   zlogvals
       Z axis values logarithmically spaced between endpoints (see "zvals").

       See "xlogvals" for more information.

   allaxisvals
       Synonym for "ndcoords" - enumerates all coordinates in a PDL or dim list, adding an extra dim on the
       front to accommodate the vector coordinate index (the form expected by "indexND", "range", and
       "interpND").  See "ndcoords" for more detail.

         $indices = allaxisvals($pdl);
         $indices = allaxisvals(@dimlist);
         $indices = allaxisvals($type,@dimlist);

   ndcoords
       Enumerate pixel coordinates for an N-D ndarray

       Returns an enumerated list of coordinates suitable for use in indexND or range: you feed in a dimension
       list and get out an ndarray whose 0th dimension runs over dimension index and whose 1st through Nth
       dimensions are the dimensions given in the input.  If you feed in an ndarray instead of a perl list, then
       the dimension list is used, as in "xvals" etc.

       Unlike "xvals" etc., if you supply an ndarray input, you get out an ndarray of the default ndarray type:
       double.   This causes less surprises than the previous default of keeping the data type of the input
       ndarray since that rarely made sense in most usages.

         $indices = ndcoords($pdl);
         $indices = ndcoords(@dimlist);
         $indices = ndcoords($type,@dimlist);

         pdl> print ndcoords(2,3)

         [
          [
           [0 0]
           [1 0]
          ]
          [
           [0 1]
           [1 1]
          ]
          [
           [0 2]
           [1 2]
          ]
         ]

         pdl> $w = zeroes(byte,2,3);        # $w is a 2x3 byte ndarray
         pdl> $y = ndcoords($w);            # $y inherits $w's type
         pdl> $c = ndcoords(long,$w->dims); # $c is a long ndarray, same dims as $y
         pdl> help $y;
         This variable is   Byte D [2,2,3]              P            0.01Kb
         pdl> help $c;
         This variable is   Long D [2,2,3]              P            0.05Kb

   hist
       Create histogram of an ndarray

        $hist = hist($data);
        ($xvals,$hist) = hist($data);

       or

        $hist = hist($data,$min,$max,$step);
        ($xvals,$hist) = hist($data,[$min,$max,$step]);

       If "hist" is run in list context, $xvals gives the computed bin centres as double values.

       A nice idiom (with PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT) is

        bin hist $data;  # Plot histogram

        pdl> p $y
        [13 10 13 10 9 13 9 12 11 10 10 13 7 6 8 10 11 7 12 9 11 11 12 6 12 7]
        pdl> $h = hist $y,0,20,1; # hist with step 1, min 0 and 20 bins
        pdl> p $h
        [0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0]

   whist
       Create a weighted histogram of an ndarray

        $hist = whist($data, $wt, [$min,$max,$step]);
        ($xvals,$hist) = whist($data, $wt, [$min,$max,$step]);

       If requested, $xvals gives the computed bin centres as type double values.  $data and $wt should have the
       same dimensionality and extents.

       A nice idiom (with PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT) is

        bin whist $data, $wt;  # Plot histogram

        pdl> p $y
        [13 10 13 10 9 13 9 12 11 10 10 13 7 6 8 10 11 7 12 9 11 11 12 6 12 7]
        pdl> $wt = grandom($y->nelem)
        pdl> $h = whist $y, $wt, 0, 20, 1 # hist with step 1, min 0 and 20 bins
        pdl> p $h
        [0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.49552342  1.7987439 0.39450696  4.0073722 -2.6255299 -2.5084501  2.6458365  4.1671676 0 0 0 0 0 0]

   sequence
       Create array filled with a sequence of values

        $w = sequence($y); $w = sequence [OPTIONAL TYPE], @dims;

       etc. see zeroes.

        pdl> p sequence(10)
        [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
        pdl> p sequence(3,4)
        [
         [ 0  1  2]
         [ 3  4  5]
         [ 6  7  8]
         [ 9 10 11]
        ]

   rvals
       Fills an ndarray with radial distance values from some centre.

        $r = rvals $ndarray,{OPTIONS};
        $r = rvals [OPTIONAL TYPE],$nx,$ny,...{OPTIONS};

        Options:

        Centre => [$x,$y,$z...] # Specify centre
        Center => [$x,$y.$z...] # synonym.

        Squared => 1 # return distance squared (i.e., don't take the square root)

        pdl> print rvals long,7,7,{Centre=>[2,2]}
        [
         [2 2 2 2 2 3 4]
         [2 1 1 1 2 3 4]
         [2 1 0 1 2 3 4]
         [2 1 1 1 2 3 4]
         [2 2 2 2 2 3 4]
         [3 3 3 3 3 4 5]
         [4 4 4 4 4 5 5]
        ]

       If "Center" is not specified, the midpoint for a given dimension of size "N" is given by  int(N/2)  so
       that the midpoint always falls on an exact pixel point in the data.  For dimensions of even size, that
       means the midpoint is shifted by 1/2 pixel from the true center of that dimension.

       Also note that the calculation for "rvals" for integer values does not promote the datatype so you will
       have wraparound when the value calculated for " r**2 " is greater than the datatype can hold.  If you
       need exact values, be sure to use large integer or floating point datatypes.

       For a more general metric, one can define, e.g.,

        sub distance {
          my ($w,$centre,$f) = @_;
          my ($r) = $w->allaxisvals-$centre;
          $f->($r);
        }
        sub l1 { sumover(abs($_[0])); }
        sub euclid { use PDL::Math 'pow'; pow(sumover(pow($_[0],2)),0.5); }
        sub linfty { maximum(abs($_[0])); }

       so now

        distance($w, $centre, \&euclid);

       will emulate rvals, while "\&l1" and "\&linfty" will generate other well-known norms.

   axisvals
       Fills an ndarray with index values on Nth dimension

        $z = axisvals ($ndarray, $nth);

       This is the routine, for which "xvals", "yvals" etc are mere shorthands. "axisvals" can be used to fill
       along any dimension, using a parameter.

       See also "allaxisvals", which generates all axis values simultaneously in a form useful for "range",
       "interpND", "indexND", etc.

       Note the 'from specification' style (see zeroes) is not available here, for obvious reasons.

   transpose
       transpose rows and columns.

        $y = transpose($w);

        pdl> $w = sequence(3,2)
        pdl> p $w
        [
         [0 1 2]
         [3 4 5]
        ]
        pdl> p transpose( $w )
        [
         [0 3]
         [1 4]
         [2 5]
        ]