55 lines
2.6 KiB
Factor
55 lines
2.6 KiB
Factor
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kernel help.markup help.syntax math ;
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IN: float-arrays
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ARTICLE: "float-arrays" "Float arrays"
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"Float arrays are fixed-size mutable sequences (" { $link "sequence-protocol" } ") whose elements are instances of " { $link float } ". Elements are unboxed, hence the memory usage is lower than an equivalent " { $link array } " of floats. The literal syntax is covered in " { $link "syntax-float-arrays" } "."
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"Float array words are in the " { $vocab-link "float-arrays" } " vocabulary."
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"Float arrays play a special role in the C library interface; they can be used to pass binary data back and forth between Factor and C. See " { $link "c-byte-arrays" } "."
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"Float arrays form a class of objects."
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{ $subsection float-array }
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{ $subsection float-array? }
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"There are several ways to construct float arrays."
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{ $subsection >float-array }
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{ $subsection <float-array> }
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"Creating a float array from several elements on the stack:"
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{ $subsection 1float-array }
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{ $subsection 2float-array }
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{ $subsection 3float-array }
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{ $subsection 4float-array } ;
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ABOUT: "float-arrays"
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HELP: float-array
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{ $description "The class of float arrays. See " { $link "syntax-float-arrays" } " for syntax and " { $link "float-arrays" } " for general information." } ;
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HELP: <float-array> ( n initial -- float-array )
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{ $values { "n" "a non-negative integer" } { "initial" float } { "float-array" "a new float array" } }
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{ $description "Creates a new float array holding " { $snippet "n" } " floats with the specified initial element." } ;
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HELP: >float-array
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{ $values { "seq" "a sequence" } { "float-array" float-array } }
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{ $description "Outputs a freshly-allocated float array whose elements have the same boolean values as a given sequence." }
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{ $errors "Throws an error if the sequence contains elements other than real numbers." } ;
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HELP: 1float-array
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{ $values { "x" object } { "array" float-array } }
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{ $description "Create a new float array with one element." } ;
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{ 1array 2array 3array 4array } related-words
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HELP: 2float-array
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{ $values { "x" object } { "y" object } { "array" float-array } }
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{ $description "Create a new float array with two elements, with " { $snippet "x" } " appearing first." } ;
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HELP: 3float-array
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{ $values { "x" object } { "y" object } { "z" object } { "array" float-array } }
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{ $description "Create a new float array with three elements, with " { $snippet "x" } " appearing first." } ;
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HELP: 4float-array
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{ $values { "w" object } { "x" object } { "y" object } { "z" object } { "array" float-array } }
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{ $description "Create a new float array with four elements, with " { $snippet "w" } " appearing first." } ;
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