range

Calculate the range of a strided array.

The range is defined as the difference between the maximum and minimum values.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-strided-range

Usage

var range = require( '@stdlib/stats-strided-range' );

range( N, x, strideX )

Computes the range of a strided array.

var x = [ 1.0, -2.0, 2.0 ];

var v = range( x.length, x, 1 );
// returns 4.0

The function has the following parameters:

• N: number of indexed elements.
• x: input Array or typed array.
• strideX: stride length for x.

The N and stride parameters determine which elements in the strided array are accessed at runtime. For example, to compute the range of every other element in x,

var x = [ 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, -7.0, -2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 2.0 ];

var v = range( 4, x, 2 );
// returns 6.0

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

var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float64' );

var x0 = new Float64Array( [ 2.0, 1.0, 2.0, -2.0, -2.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ] );
var x1 = new Float64Array( x0.buffer, x0.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT*1 ); // start at 2nd element

var v = range( 4, x1, 2 );
// returns 6.0

range.ndarray( N, x, strideX, offsetX )

Computes the range of a strided array using alternative indexing semantics.

var x = [ 1.0, -2.0, 2.0 ];

var v = range.ndarray( x.length, x, 1, 0 );
// returns 4.0

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 calculate the range for every other element in x starting from the second element

var x = [ 2.0, 1.0, 2.0, -2.0, -2.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];

var v = range.ndarray( 4, x, 2, 1 );
// returns 6.0

Notes

• If N <= 0, both functions return NaN.
• Depending on the environment, the typed versions (drange, srange, etc.) are likely to be significantly more performant.
• Both functions support array-like objects having getter and setter accessors for array element access (e.g., @stdlib/array-base/accessor).

Examples

var discreteUniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-discrete-uniform' );
var range = require( '@stdlib/stats-strided-range' );

var x = discreteUniform(10, -50, 50, {
    'dtype': 'float64'
});
console.log( x );

var v = range( x.length, x, 1 );
console.log( v );

See Also

• @stdlib/stats-strided/drange: calculate the range of a double-precision floating-point strided array.
• @stdlib/stats-strided/max: calculate the maximum value of a strided array.
• @stdlib/stats-strided/min: calculate the minimum value of a strided array.
• @stdlib/stats-strided/nanrange: calculate the range of a strided array, ignoring NaN values.
• @stdlib/stats-strided/srange: calculate the range of a single-precision floating-point strided array.

Notice

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