Hi,

Would that work for you?
d <- a-b
d[a==0 | b==0] <- 0

The output is as the one expected

HTH,
Ivan

Le 11/24/2010 15:54, Romildo Martins a écrit :
Hello,

I would like to perform the operation a - b, only for the non-zero values.

Thanks a lot!

RMB


a
  0 0  0  0  4  0  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  3  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  3
  0 0  0  0  0  0  4  0
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0

b
  0 4  4  4  4  4  4  4
  0 0  4  4  4  4  4  4
  0 0  0  4  4  4  4  4
  0 0  0  0  4  4  4  4
  0 0  0  0  0  5  5  5
  0 0  0  0  0  0  5  5
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  5
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0

a-b (expected)
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  -1  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  -1
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0

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