Description of slinitarray

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slinitarray

PURPOSE

SLINITARRAY Initialize an array of specified type and size

SYNOPSIS

function A = slinitarray(type, size)

DESCRIPTION

SLINITARRAY Initialize an array of specified type and size

 $ Syntax $
   - A = slinitarray(type, size)

 $ Arguments $
   - type          the string representing the element type of the array
   - size          the vector representing the size of the array
   - A             the initialized array

 $ Description $
   - A = slinitarray(type, size) creates an array of specified type and
     given size, with all elements being zeros.

   - The typenames supported are listed below:
       - 'double'      
       - 'single'
       - 'float'
       - 'uint8'
       - 'uint16'
       - 'uint32'
       - 'uint64'
       - 'int8'
       - 'int16'
       - 'int32'
       - 'int64'
       - 'logical'
       - 'char'

 $ History $
   - Created by Dahua Lin on Dec 7th, 2005

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SOURCE CODE

0001 function A = slinitarray(type, size)
0002 %SLINITARRAY Initialize an array of specified type and size
0003 %
0004 % $ Syntax $
0005 %   - A = slinitarray(type, size)
0006 %
0007 % $ Arguments $
0008 %   - type          the string representing the element type of the array
0009 %   - size          the vector representing the size of the array
0010 %   - A             the initialized array
0011 %
0012 % $ Description $
0013 %   - A = slinitarray(type, size) creates an array of specified type and
0014 %     given size, with all elements being zeros.
0015 %
0016 %   - The typenames supported are listed below:
0017 %       - 'double'
0018 %       - 'single'
0019 %       - 'float'
0020 %       - 'uint8'
0021 %       - 'uint16'
0022 %       - 'uint32'
0023 %       - 'uint64'
0024 %       - 'int8'
0025 %       - 'int16'
0026 %       - 'int32'
0027 %       - 'int64'
0028 %       - 'logical'
0029 %       - 'char'
0030 %
0031 % $ History $
0032 %   - Created by Dahua Lin on Dec 7th, 2005
0033 %
0034 
0035 
0036 switch type
0037     case 'double'
0038         A = zeros(size);
0039     case {'single', 'float'}
0040         A = zeros(size, 'single');
0041     case {'uint8', 'uint16', 'uint32', 'uint64', ...
0042           'int8', 'int16', 'int32', 'int64'}
0043         A = zeros(size, type);
0044     case 'logical'
0045         A = false(size);
0046     case 'char'
0047         A = char(zeros(size, 'uint8'));
0048     otherwise
0049         error('sltoolbox:invalid_type', ...
0050             'Unsupported typename %s', typename);
0051 end
0052

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