Hi Lee- The PDL book is probably the closest to a comprehensive intro to the capabilities and use of PDL:
http://pdl.perl.org/content/pdl-book-toc.html The above linked TOC has a link to the sf.net download for the PDF file. I see you already have some responses regarding use of PDL::NiceSlice syntax or the underlying slice() method. --Chris On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Lee Goddard <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been using PDL for about four hours now, and have got stuck with the > following. > > I have the following from MATLAB: > > for i=1:length(in) > s(i,:)=exp(-((in(i)-bin_locations).^2)/sigma); > end > > > I am having problems finding out how to translate to PDL the left-hand side > of the assignment: s(i,:) > > Please would somebody advise? > > I looked at 'set' but it apparently only sets 'a single value inside a > piddle' [1]. It also says it has been superseded by slice, but that man page > says slice is used to 'extract a rectangular slice of a piddle, from a > string specifier.'[2] > > Incidentally, is there a good book on PDL in general, or perhaps > specifically for MATLAB users? > > Many thanks in anticipation > Lee > > [1] http://pdl.perl.org/PDLdocs/Core.html#set > [2] http://pdl.perl.org/PDLdocs/Slices.html#slice > > _______________________________________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
