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nditerColumns

Create an iterator which iterates over each column in a matrix (or stack of matrices).

Installation

npm install @stdlib/ndarray-iter-columns

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Usage

var nditerColumns = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-iter-columns' );

nditerColumns( x[, options] )

Returns an iterator which iterates over each column in a matrix (or stack of matrices).

var array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-array' );
var ndarray2array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-to-array' );

var x = array( [ [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ], [ [ 5, 6 ], [ 7, 8 ] ] ] );
// returns <ndarray>

var iter = nditerColumns( x );

var v = iter.next().value;
// returns <ndarray>

var arr = ndarray2array( v );
// returns [ 1, 3 ]

v = iter.next().value;
// returns <ndarray>

arr = ndarray2array( v );
// returns [ 2, 4 ]

v = iter.next().value;
// returns <ndarray>

arr = ndarray2array( v );
// returns [ 5, 7 ]

// ...

The function accepts the following options:

• readonly: boolean indicating whether returned ndarray views should be read-only. In order to return writable ndarray views, the input ndarray must be writable. If the input ndarray is read-only, setting this option to false raises an exception. Default: true.

By default, the iterator returns ndarray views which are read-only. To return writable views, set the readonly option to false.

var array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-array' );
var ndarray2array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-to-array' );

var x = array( [ [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ], [ [ 5, 6 ], [ 7, 8 ] ] ] );
// returns <ndarray>

var iter = nditerColumns( x, {
    'readonly': false
});

var v = iter.next().value;
// returns <ndarray>

var arr = ndarray2array( v );
// returns [ 1, 3 ]

v.set( 0, 10 );

arr = ndarray2array( v );
// returns [ 10, 3 ]

The returned iterator protocol-compliant object has the following properties:

• next: function which returns an iterator protocol-compliant object containing the next iterated value (if one exists) assigned to a value property and a done property having a boolean value indicating whether the iterator is finished.
• return: function which closes an iterator and returns a single (optional) argument in an iterator protocol-compliant object.

Notes

• If an environment supports Symbol.iterator, the returned iterator is iterable.
• A returned iterator does not copy a provided ndarray. To ensure iterable reproducibility, copy the input ndarray before creating an iterator. Otherwise, any changes to the contents of input ndarray will be reflected in the returned iterator.
• In environments supporting Symbol.iterator, the function explicitly does not invoke an ndarray's @@iterator method, regardless of whether this method is defined.

Examples

var array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-array' );
var zeroTo = require( '@stdlib/array-base-zero-to' );
var ndarray2array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-to-array' );
var nditerColumns = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-iter-columns' );

// Define an input array:
var x = array( zeroTo( 27 ), {
    'shape': [ 3, 3, 3 ]
});

// Create an iterator for iterating over columns:
var it = nditerColumns( x );

// Perform manual iteration...
var v;
while ( true ) {
    v = it.next();
    if ( v.done ) {
        break;
    }
    console.log( ndarray2array( v.value ) );
}

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See Also

• @stdlib/ndarray-iter/column-entries: create an iterator which returns [index, column] pairs for each column in a matrix (or stack of matrices).
• @stdlib/ndarray-iter/rows: create an iterator which iterates over each row in a matrix (or stack of matrices).
• @stdlib/ndarray-slice: return a read-only view of an input ndarray.

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