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No isimag() curioso
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Daniel J Sebald |
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No isimag() curioso |
Date: |
Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:30:55 -0500 |
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In working with the fftfilt() routine and wanting to know if the inputs
were purely imaginary I wondered why there is no such thing as isimag().
It seems as though it would be as useful as or more useful than
iscomplex().
Here's the thing: iscomplex() appears to be simply the complement of
isreal(), unless I'm missing a more sophisticated use of syntax:
octave:5> x = 1
x = 1
octave:6> [isreal(x) iscomplex(x)]
ans =
1 0
octave:7> x = i
x = 0 + 1i
octave:8> [isreal(x) iscomplex(x)]
ans =
0 1
octave:9> x = 1+i
x = 1 + 1i
octave:10> [isreal(x) iscomplex(x)]
ans =
0 1
octave:11>
I ask, What's the point of having a function that is simply !isreal()?
On the other hand isimag(), which is equivalent to "all (real (x) == 0))
&& !isreal (x)", would be a nice shorthand.
Just an observation. Usually duplication of function (or its
complement) is weeded out of programming languages.
Dan
- No isimag() curioso,
Daniel J Sebald <=