As a user of the NaN toolbox for data analysis and statistics computations, I find that overloading the built-in functions with the NaN-skipping functionality serves me well, compared to having to remember to use nan- forms of the function names as in Matlab.On the other hand, I agree that the default Octave/Matlab behavior makes sense in certain cases too.
I think it would be ideal to incorporate the NaN toolbox functionality into the main branch of Octave, and have which NaN-skipping behavior to use be an optional argument to these functions. (In R, the na.rm argument to functions like mean does this.) There could also be a global variable that would set the default NaN-skipping mode of the summing and statistical functions, and thus allow either the toolbox or the current default behavior to be mimicked. Meanwhile, I thank Alois for providing a valuable set of functions. Nir ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
