broadcastArray
Broadcast an ndarray to a specified shape.
Usage
var broadcastArray = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/broadcast-array' );
broadcastArray( x, shape )
Broadcasts an ndarray to a specified shape.
var array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/array' );
// Create a 2x2 ndarray:
var x = array( [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ] );
// returns <ndarray>
// Broadcast to a 2x2x2 ndarray:
var y = broadcastArray( x, [ 2, 2, 2 ] );
// returns <ndarray>
Notes
- The function throws an error if a provided ndarray is incompatible with a provided shape.
- The returned ndarray is a read-only view on the input ndarray data buffer. The view is typically not contiguous. As more than one element of a returned view may refer to the same memory location, writing to the input ndarray may affect multiple elements. If you need to write to the input ndarray, copy the input ndarray before broadcasting.
- The function always returns a new ndarray instance even if the input ndarray shape and the desired shape are the same.
Examples
var array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/array' );
var numel = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/numel' );
var ind2sub = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/ind2sub' );
var broadcastArray = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/broadcast-array' );
// Create a 2x2 array:
var x = array( [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ] );
// returns <ndarray>
// Broadcast the array to 3x2x2:
var y = broadcastArray( x, [ 3, 2, 2 ] );
// returns <ndarray>
// Retrieve the shape:
var sh = y.shape;
// returns [ 3, 2, 2 ]
// Retrieve the number of elements:
var N = numel( sh );
// Loop through the array elements...
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
console.log( 'Y[%s] = %d', ind2sub( sh, i ).join( ', ' ), y.iget( i ) );
}