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beginner question

hi, sorry for this beginner question :
in a matrix I have one line with 'results', I'd like to calculate the ratio of results > 0 to all results. is there a simple/elegant way of doing that ?
thanks

"Pink Panther " <huguesrialan@gmail.com> wrote in message <hvo5r6$o05$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> hi, sorry for this beginner question :
> in a matrix I have one line with 'results', I'd like to calculate the ratio of results > 0 to all results. is there a simple/elegant way of doing that ?
> thanks

Not sure what you wnat to do.
Can you provide a specific example?
What does "one line with 'results'" mean?

"someone" <someone@somewhere.net> wrote in message <hvo6p7$o14$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Pink Panther " <huguesrialan@gmail.com> wrote in message <hvo5r6$o05$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > hi, sorry for this beginner question :
> > in a matrix I have one line with 'results', I'd like to calculate the ratio of results > 0 to all results. is there a simple/elegant way of doing that ?
> > thanks
>
> Not sure what you wnat to do.
> Can you provide a specific example?
> What does "one line with 'results'" mean?

the word 'result' might be misleading. just consider we have a one line vector, with numbers positive and negative, I'd like to calculate the proportion of numbers >0 to those <0.
so for a serie like [6 3 -2 0 0 0] the answer would be 2 / 1 = 2

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:44:10 +0000, Pink Panther set fingers to keyboard
and typed:

> "someone" <someone@somewhere.net> wrote in message
> <hvo6p7$o14$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>> "Pink Panther " <huguesrialan@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> <hvo5r6$o05$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>> > hi, sorry for this beginner question : in a matrix I have one line
>> > with 'results', I'd like to calculate the ratio of results > 0 to all
>> > results. is there a simple/elegant way of doing that ? thanks
>>
>> Not sure what you wnat to do.
>> Can you provide a specific example?
>> What does "one line with 'results'" mean?
>
> the word 'result' might be misleading. just consider we have a one line
> vector, with numbers positive and negative, I'd like to calculate the
> proportion of numbers >0 to those <0. so for a serie like [6 3 -2 0 0 0]
> the answer would be 2 / 1 = 2

a = [6 3 -2 0 0 0];
sum(a>0)/sum(a<0)



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On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:03:52 +0000, Bruce Bowler set fingers to keyboard
and typed:

> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:44:10 +0000, Pink Panther set fingers to
> keyboard and typed:
>
>> "someone" <someone@somewhere.net> wrote in message
>> <hvo6p7$o14$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>>> "Pink Panther " <huguesrialan@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> <hvo5r6$o05$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>>> > hi, sorry for this beginner question : in a matrix I have one line
>>> > with 'results', I'd like to calculate the ratio of results > 0 to
>>> > all results. is there a simple/elegant way of doing that ? thanks
>>>
>>> Not sure what you wnat to do.
>>> Can you provide a specific example?
>>> What does "one line with 'results'" mean?
>>
>> the word 'result' might be misleading. just consider we have a one line
>> vector, with numbers positive and negative, I'd like to calculate the
>> proportion of numbers >0 to those <0. so for a serie like [6 3 -2 0 0
>> 0] the answer would be 2 / 1 = 2
>
> a = [6 3 -2 0 0 0];
> sum(a>0)/sum(a<0)

PS. Don't forget to check that there *are* elements < 0 before you try
this :-)

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