zscal

Scales a double-precision complex floating-point vector by a double-precision complex floating-point constant.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/blas-base-zscal

Usage

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

zscal( N, alpha, x, strideX )

Scales values from x by alpha.

var Complex128Array = require( '@stdlib/array-complex128' );
var Complex128 = require( '@stdlib/complex-float64-ctor' );

var x = new Complex128Array( [ 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 ] );
var alpha = new Complex128( 2.0, 0.0 );

zscal( 3, alpha, x, 1 );
// x => <Complex128Array>[ 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0 ]

The function has the following parameters:

• N: number of indexed elements.
• alpha: scalar Complex128 constant.
• x: input Complex128Array.
• strideX: index increment for x.

The N and stride parameters determine how values from x are scaled by alpha. For example, to scale every other value in x by alpha,

var Complex128Array = require( '@stdlib/array-complex128' );
var Complex128 = require( '@stdlib/complex-float64-ctor' );

var x = new Complex128Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 ] );
var alpha = new Complex128( 2.0, 0.0 );

zscal( 2, alpha, x, 2 );
// x => <Complex128Array>[ 2.0, 4.0, 3.0, 4.0, 10.0, 12.0, 7.0, 8.0 ]

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

var Complex128Array = require( '@stdlib/array-complex128' );
var Complex128 = require( '@stdlib/complex-float64-ctor' );

// Initial array:
var x0 = new Complex128Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 ] );

// Define a scalar constant:
var alpha = new Complex128( 2.0, 2.0 );

// Create an offset view:
var x1 = new Complex128Array( x0.buffer, x0.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT*1 ); // start at 2nd element

// Scales every other value from `x1` by `alpha`...
zscal( 3, alpha, x1, 1 );
// x0 => <Complex128Array>[ 1.0, 2.0, -2.0, 14.0, -2.0, 22.0, -2.0, 30.0 ]

zscal.ndarray( N, alpha, x, strideX, offsetX )

Scales values from x by alpha using alternative indexing semantics.

var Complex128Array = require( '@stdlib/array-complex128' );
var Complex128 = require( '@stdlib/complex-float64-ctor' );

var x = new Complex128Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 ] );
var alpha = new Complex128( 2.0, 2.0 );

zscal.ndarray( 3, alpha, x, 1, 0 );
// x => <Complex128Array>[ -2.0, 6.0, -2.0, 14.0, -2.0, 22.0 ]

The function has the following additional parameters:

• offsetX: starting index for x.

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 scale every other value in the input strided array starting from the second element,

var Complex128Array = require( '@stdlib/array-complex128' );
var Complex128 = require( '@stdlib/complex-float64-ctor' );

var x = new Complex128Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 ] );
var alpha = new Complex128( 2.0, 2.0 );

zscal.ndarray( 2, alpha, x, 2, 1 );
// x => <Complex128Array>[ 1.0, 2.0, -2.0, 14.0, 5.0, 6.0, -2.0, 30.0 ]

Notes

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

Examples

var discreteUniform = require( '@stdlib/random-base-discrete-uniform' );
var filledarrayBy = require( '@stdlib/array-filled-by' );
var Complex128 = require( '@stdlib/complex-float64-ctor' );
var zscal = require( '@stdlib/blas-base-zscal' );

function rand() {
    return new Complex128( discreteUniform( 0, 10 ), discreteUniform( -5, 5 ) );
}

var x = filledarrayBy( 10, 'complex128', rand );
console.log( x.toString() );

var alpha = new Complex128( 2.0, 2.0 );
console.log( alpha.toString() );

// Scales elements from `x` by `alpha`:
zscal( x.length, alpha, x, 1 );
console.log( x.get( x.length-1 ).toString() );

C APIs

Usage

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

c_zscal( N, alpha, *X, strideX )

Scales values from X by alpha.

#include "stdlib/complex/float64/ctor.h"

double x[] = { 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 };
const stdlib_complex128_t alpha = stdlib_complex128( 2.0, 2.0 );

c_zscal( 4, alpha, (void *)x, 1 );

The function accepts the following arguments:

• N: [in] CBLAS_INT number of indexed elements.
• alpha: [in] stdlib_complex128_t scalar constant.
• X: [inout] void* input array.
• strideX: [in] CBLAS_INT index increment for X.

void c_zscal( const CBLAS_INT N, const stdlib_complex128_t alpha, void *X, const CBLAS_INT strideX );

c_zscal_ndarray( N, alpha, *X, strideX, offsetX )

Scales values from X by alpha using alternative indexing semantics.

#include "stdlib/complex/float64/ctor.h"

double x[] = { 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 };
const stdlib_complex128_t alpha = stdlib_complex128( 2.0, 2.0 );

c_zscal_ndarray( 4, alpha, (void *)x, 1, 0 );

The function accepts the following arguments:

• N: [in] CBLAS_INT number of indexed elements.
• alpha: [in] stdlib_complex128_t scalar constant.
• X: [inout] void* input array.
• strideX: [in] CBLAS_INT index increment for X.
• offsetX: [in] CBLAS_INT starting index for X.

void c_zscal_ndarray( const CBLAS_INT N, const stdlib_complex128_t alpha, void *X, const CBLAS_INT strideX, const CBLAS_INT offsetX );

Examples

#include "stdlib/blas/base/zscal.h"
#include "stdlib/complex/float64/ctor.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main( void ) {
    // Create a strided array of interleaved real and imaginary components:
    double x[] = { 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 };

    // Create a complex scalar:
    const stdlib_complex128_t alpha = stdlib_complex128( 2.0, 2.0 );

    // Specify the number of elements:
    const int N = 4;

    // Specify stride length:
    const int strideX = 1;

    // Scale the elements of the array:
    c_zscal( N, alpha, (void *)x, strideX );

    // Print the result:
    for ( int i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
        printf( "x[ %i ] = %lf + %lfj\n", i, x[ i*2 ], x[ (i*2)+1 ] );
    }

    // Scale the elements of the array using alternative indexing semantics:
    c_zscal_ndarray( N, alpha, (void *)x, -strideX, N-1 );

    // Print the result:
    for ( int i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
        printf( "x[ %i ] = %lf + %lfj\n", i, x[ i*2 ], x[ (i*2)+1 ] );
    }
}

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