sasum

Compute the sum of absolute values (L1 norm).

The L1 norm is defined as

Installation

npm install @stdlib/blas-base-sasum

Usage

var sasum = require( '@stdlib/blas-base-sasum' );

sasum( N, x, stride )

Computes the sum of absolute values.

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ -2.0, 1.0, 3.0, -5.0, 4.0, 0.0, -1.0, -3.0 ] );

var sum = sasum( x.length, x, 1 );
// returns 19.0

The function has the following parameters:

• N: number of indexed elements.
• x: input Float32Array.
• stride: index increment.

The N and stride parameters determine which elements in x are used to compute the sum. For example, to sum every other value,

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ -2.0, 1.0, 3.0, -5.0, 4.0, 0.0, -1.0, -3.0 ] );

var sum = sasum( 4, x, 2 );
// returns 10.0

Note that indexing is relative to the first index. To introduce an offset, use typed array views.

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

// Initial array:
var x0 = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, -2.0, 3.0, -4.0, 5.0, -6.0 ] );

// Create an offset view:
var x1 = new Float32Array( x0.buffer, x0.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT*1 ); // start at 2nd element

// Sum every other value:
var sum = sasum( 3, x1, 2 );
// returns 12.0

If either N is less than or equal to 0, the function returns 0.

sasum.ndarray( N, x, stride, offset )

Computes the sum of absolute values using alternative indexing semantics.

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ -2.0, 1.0, 3.0, -5.0, 4.0, 0.0, -1.0, -3.0 ] );

var sum = sasum.ndarray( x.length, x, 1, 0 );
// returns 19.0

The function has the following additional parameters:

• offset: starting index.

While typed array views mandate a view offset based on the underlying buffer, the offset parameter supports indexing semantics based on a starting index. For example, to sum the last three elements,

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, -2.0, 3.0, -4.0, 5.0, -6.0 ] );

var sum = sasum.ndarray( 3, x, 1, x.length-3 );
// returns 15.0

// Using a negative stride to sum from the last element:
sum = sasum.ndarray( 3, x, -1, x.length-1 );
// returns 15.0

Notes

• If N <= 0, both functions return 0.
• sasum() corresponds to the BLAS level 1 function sasum.

Examples

var discreteUniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-discrete-uniform' );
var sasum = require( '@stdlib/blas-base-sasum' );

var opts = {
    'dtype': 'float32'
};
var x = discreteUniform( 10, -100, 100, opts );
console.log( x );

var out = sasum( x.length, x, 1 );
console.log( out );

C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/blas/base/sasum.h"

c_sasum( N, *X, stride )

Computes the sum of absolute values.

const float x[] = { 1.0f, -2.0f, 3.0f, -4.0f, 5.0f, -6.0f, 7.0f, -8.0f };

float sum = c_sasum( 8, x, 1 );
// returns 36.0f

The function accepts the following arguments:

• N: [in] CBLAS_INT number of indexed elements.
• X: [in] float* input array.
• stride: [in] CBLAS_INT index increment for X.

float c_sasum( const CBLAS_INT N, const float *X, const CBLAS_INT stride );

c_sasum_ndarray( N, *X, stride, offset )

Computes the sum of absolute values using alternative indexing semantics.

const float x[] = { 1.0f, -2.0f, 3.0f, -4.0f, 5.0f, -6.0f, 7.0f, -8.0f };

float sum = c_sasum_ndarray( 8, x, -1, 7 );
// returns 36.0f

The function accepts the following arguments:

• N: [in] CBLAS_INT number of indexed elements.
• X: [in] float* input array.
• stride: [in] CBLAS_INT index increment for X.
• offset: [in] CBLAS_INT starting index for X.

float c_sasum_ndarray( const CBLAS_INT N, const float *X, const CBLAS_INT stride, const CBLAS_INT offset );

Examples

#include "stdlib/blas/base/sasum.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main( void ) {
    // Create a strided array:
    const float x[] = { 1.0f, -2.0f, 3.0f, -4.0f, 5.0f, -6.0f, 7.0f, -8.0f };

    // Specify the number of elements:
    const int N = 8;

    // Specify a stride:
    const int stride = 1;

    // Compute the sum of absolute values:
    float sum = c_sasum( N, x, stride );

    // Print the result:
    printf( "sum: %f\n", sum );

    // Compute the sum of absolute values:
    sum = c_sasum_ndarray( N, x, -stride, N-1 );

    // Print the result:
    printf( "sum: %f\n", sum );
}

See Also

• @stdlib/blas-base/dasum: compute the sum of absolute values (L1 norm).
• @stdlib/blas-base/gasum: compute the sum of absolute values (L1 norm).

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