Questions tagged [data-structures]
Questions on using or implementing more or less common data structures such as linked lists, structs, trees, tries, heaps etc. in Mathematica.
165
questions
2
votes
0answers
42 views
Implement abstract algebraic structure
I would like to implement algebraic structures in Mathematica such as groups, algebras, Lie-algebras, Hopf-algebras, ... In particular, after initialising such a structure, I would like to have
...
0
votes
1answer
33 views
How to discritize a function domain (break xy-plane to a grid/mesh of squares with vertex values for evaluation)? [closed]
I wrote a code using MATLAB to discritize a function's 2D domain into squares/rectangles, whose vertex data (x,y) I can use to evaluate the function at. Then I sum these values over all vertices to ...
2
votes
1answer
34 views
How to increase the pointsize of the point-markers in the legend of a cluster-chart?
I start the following mock data set:
data = RandomReal[{0, 700}, {10^4, 2}];
I use k to define the number of cluster points:
...
1
vote
1answer
24 views
How to view data labels corresponding to cluster points when using FindClusters and Tooltip?
I go straight to the subject; I have the following data set:
...
3
votes
2answers
44 views
Format table output
I'm trying to make a quick code to give me coordinates of some circles to be read in AUTOCAD.
When I use the format "Table" or ...
5
votes
4answers
277 views
Threading data on TimeSeries
Say I have two TimeSeries:
x = TimeSeries[{2, 4, 1, 10}, {{1, 2, 4, 5}}]
y = TimeSeries[{6, 2, 6, 3, 9}, {{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}}]
x has a value at times: 1,2,4,5
y ...
7
votes
2answers
378 views
How to import .txt file with missing data?
I have a .txt file that looks like this (direct copy from the file):
...
1
vote
1answer
83 views
How to join N datasets with common headers?
I am new to Dataset. I'm trying to join many datasets, naively trying to use Join, but I think I'm not using it correctly, or ...
8
votes
1answer
178 views
Most efficient method for export/import of non-traditional tensor-style dimensions of matrices/tables/lists-of-lists-of-lists(-of lists)?
Hello World!
(I did it for my first answer, so it only feels proper...I'm not nostalgic, you are!)
OKAY, here we go!
Let's start off with the good-stuff, here's my code, made relatively arbitrary, ...
9
votes
1answer
123 views
Implementing core data structures
Data structures are your friend. Using the right data structure in the right place means better performance and less work on the programmer's part.
This poses a problem in Mathematica, of course, ...
6
votes
2answers
478 views
Convert a huge txt-file into a dataset
My friend has this huge txt-log of sea levels. He wants to organize it into a dataset.
After importing it this file a used StringSplit to separate it into rows, then to singular elements
...
0
votes
0answers
33 views
Segment tree implementation
I want to implement a segment tree visualization. I was looked for implementation in WL but didn't find. Before I'm implementing it by myself, maybe anyone knows about some implementation that will be ...
0
votes
1answer
130 views
How can I translate some JavaScript code into Mathematica code? [closed]
I am a programmer and would like to understand another field outside of the procedural thinking of if-else and for.
I would ...
12
votes
1answer
513 views
Pascal records and Mathematica programming
Background:
"experienced" Pascal-programmer (DOS-era, never got into OOP)
proud owner of Mathematica ver 11.2
have used Mathematica for years to do my share of number crunching and plotting to ...
13
votes
6answers
248 views
How to invert MapIndexed on a ragged structure? How to construct a tree from rules?
I have an arbitrary ragged nested list-of-lists (a tree) like
A = {{a, b}, {c, d}, {{{e, f, g, h, i}, {j, k, l}}, m}, n};
Its structure is given by the rules
<...
4
votes
2answers
218 views
Converting from “matrix” data into “coordinate” data
Say I have data which looks like data1 - this is "matrix" like data (is there a better descriptor?). The data looks like a matrix, and at each point in the matrix, ...
3
votes
0answers
102 views
Approximate Nearest Neighbors in Mathematica?
Is there any support for Approximate Nearest Neighbors (ANN) in Mathematica or third-party packages? I'm looking for a good implementation of locality sensitive hashing for applications where ...
3
votes
1answer
71 views
What's the best way to import such dataset?
https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/400305-large-data-set-lds_1-h630-2018-h640-2018-2019-pre-release-data-mei.xlsx
What's the best way to import such dataset?
I have tried to use
...
7
votes
0answers
74 views
Substitute for Association inside Compile?
Associations are not compilable, so I’m looking for a workaround to this. That is, I need a mutable hashtable-like data structure with fast key value lookups ...
4
votes
1answer
84 views
Local Storage of Periodically Collected Data (without using DataDrop)
I would like to take periodic measurements (e.g. noise levels and temperature in my office from a Raspberry Pi, etc.), say, every minute and have a long-reaching record of this similar to Stephen's ...
9
votes
1answer
668 views
Tree-like data sets with efficient storage and retrieval
Most probably this is going to be a duplicate, sorry. I found too many questions/answers here about tree-like structures, and still could not locate what I want.
It is a followup of my previous ...
13
votes
1answer
256 views
Data re-structuring by Thread
Thread can do this
Thread[{a, {b, c, d}}]
{{a, b}, {a, c}, {a, d}}
But when above ...
5
votes
3answers
187 views
ByteCount on Function
I was comparing RAM and CPU efficiency for List, Rule, Association, Function. The following code
...
3
votes
1answer
107 views
Get the dimensions from the SparseArray properties
In the sparse matrix, we have a list of properties: specified elements, dimension, default, and density. I am interested in getting this data without calculating them again.
For an example, the ...
1
vote
1answer
140 views
SparseArray: accesing nonzero row and column entries
I have an enormous $m\!\times\!n$ sparse matrix $d$ with $l$ nonzero entries, stored as d=SparseArray[{{i1,j1}->w1,...,{il,jl}->wl},{m,n}];.
How do I access ...
0
votes
1answer
57 views
Given a data set, how to do the following
Please help in executing the following problem in Mathematica:
I have the following set:$A=\{1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10\}$ (my actual data has more than 10 points). I need to do the following three steps:
...
1
vote
1answer
127 views
Dynamically update of Association
I try dynamically to add new keys and update the values of existing keys in given dataset (Association). I implement this by the following code:
...
0
votes
1answer
52 views
Delete duplicates and sort a list of sets separately? [closed]
I have a set where it has three subsets. I want to have each element of each subsets appears only once, sorted, but the order of subsets does not change. For example: I want to get from
$$
\{\{5,2,2,3\...
1
vote
2answers
120 views
2
votes
0answers
56 views
Create Association from Expression
I have a set of algebraic expressions of a certain form, and I would like to make them into Associations in a specified way. My expressions are formed of two heads, ...
1
vote
3answers
82 views
Simple implementation of a multi-part ratio data structure
A multi-part ratio would be an expression of the form:
$e_1:e_2:e_3:\cdots:e_n$
It would have the following properties:
When the expressions are natural nos, they can be evaluated to be $$\frac{...
3
votes
0answers
85 views
HDF5 does not support string?
I did a simulation for Baccarat.
So some results are saved like this.
...
3
votes
0answers
43 views
Possible to add a “Heading” for the columns in HDF5 format?
A similar post was found here, but it's not using MMA.
A small test to export HDF5 file,
...
0
votes
1answer
49 views
determine the structure of Data in sum of two subsets Modulus $n$
I wrote a code below to determine the cases when two subsets of a set $\mathbb{Z_n}=\{0,1,2,\ldots,n-1\}$ are added together element by element (without removing the multiplicity) in $\mathbb{Z_n}$ ...
5
votes
4answers
424 views
count the pairs in a set of Data
I have a list of Data, e.g.,
list1={0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3}
list2={0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 0}
and I want to get as an output ...
0
votes
0answers
74 views
How to organize code for simulating many ODEs?
I have a large model with many variables (about a hundred) and many differential equations (non-linear). What is the best way to handle a system this size in Mathematica?
Note that I am not asking ...
5
votes
3answers
225 views
Multi-coloured tree plot
I am trying to create a multi-coloured tree plot (Mathematica 9) where each branch is coloured according to its parent node value. For example, for a tree plot with three nodes, n1, n2 and n3, coming ...
5
votes
2answers
149 views
How to Label only Certain Vertices in a Network Based on Eigenvector Centrality?
Using the Following Network:
footballNetwork = ExampleData[{"NetworkGraph", "AmericanCollegeFootball"}];
Graph[footballNetwork, VertexLabels -> "Name"]
I ...
12
votes
3answers
206 views
Support for low-complexity (compressible) lists
By "low-complexity list" I mean a list like the following:
lcl = {17, 17, 17, 17, 17,
21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21,
11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11}
...
2
votes
0answers
55 views
Data structure for finding pairs of matrices under constraint
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
Given three positive integers k, n1, n2, I have a list of matrices
matrices = Tuples[Range[0,k], {n1,n2}]
...
3
votes
3answers
116 views
Building matrix from relational data
I'm new to Mathematica, coming from Python, and I'm having a hard time trying to build a matrix from relational data.
The data looks like this:
...
7
votes
3answers
180 views
How to disallow the application of functions outside a white list?
In an earlier post I described a special kind of list (actually, a special kind of multiset) that can be represented more efficiently with a structure like this:
...
20
votes
3answers
781 views
How to implement a discrete data representation?
I'm currently working with large datasets of "discrete data". Each of these is a multiset of real numbers of the form $kS + B$, where $k$ is an integer, and $S$ (the "scale") and $B$ (the "bias") are ...
14
votes
1answer
978 views
How to use classical data structure in Mathematica
As a C programmer, I have used Mathematica for a month. In this process, I discovered that some problems cannot be solved via the built-ins, owing to lacking of data structure like ...
30
votes
1answer
818 views
How to use the iterator in Mathematica
I find the Mathematica has the iterator data structure. We can build some iterators like this:
Constant iterator
GeneralUtilities`ConstantIterator[5]
Key ...
3
votes
2answers
531 views
Convert between list of 3D coordinates and 2D array
I have a dataset that I import from a csv file. It's a rectangular array of values, with the first row and first column specifying the x and y coordinates. I want fit this data to a 2D function using <...
6
votes
6answers
164 views
List structure transformation
How to transform a list as
{{x,y},{a,b,c,d,e}}
into the form of
{{x,y,a},{x,y,b},{x,y,c},{x,y,d},{x,y,e}}
elegantly, ...
0
votes
1answer
57 views
How does one create getter methods that depend on a variable (besides its argument)?
In the (as always) insigthful answer by Leonard Shifrin to this MMA SE post
https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/52393/how-to-make-use-of-associations
...
2
votes
0answers
97 views
List, Association, and Dataset, according to what principles to choose which one to use?
List, Association and Dataset are three 'objects' that can be used to store data in MMA. So ...
1
vote
3answers
91 views
Clustering with a certain number of members
Is it possible to find exact number of clusters with exact numbers of members in each cluster?
Something like this:
...
