inf

Creates an infinity-filled matrix or array.

Installation

$ npm install compute-inf

For use in the browser, use browserify.

Usage

var inf = require( 'compute-inf' );

inf( dims[, opts] )

Creates an infinity-filled matrix or array. The dims argument may either be a positive integer specifying a length or an array of positive integers specifying dimensions.

var out;

out = inf( 5 );
// returns [ +inf, +inf, +inf, +inf, +inf ];

out = inf( [2,1,2] );
// returns [ [ [+inf,+inf] ], [ [+inf,+inf] ] ]

The function accepts the following options:

• dtype: output data type. The following dtypes are accepted:

  • float32
  • float64
  • generic (default)

• sign: specifies whether to fill using positive or negative infinity. Default: +1.

By default, the output data structure is a generic array. To output a typed array or matrix, set the dtype option.

var out;

out = inf( 5, {
	'dtype': 'float32'
});
// returns Float32Array( [+inf,+inf,+inf,+inf,+inf] );

out = inf( [3,2], {
	'dtype': 'float64'
});
/*
	[ +inf +inf
	  +inf +inf
	  +inf +inf ]
*/

To fill using negative infinity, set the sign option to -1.

var out = inf( 5, {
	'sign': -1
});
// returns [ -inf, -inf, -inf, -inf, -inf ];

Notes:

• Currently, for more than 2 dimensions, the function outputs a generic array and ignores any specified dtype.

  var out = inf( [2,1,3], {
  	'dtype': 'float32'
  });
  // returns [ [ [+inf,+inf,+inf] ], [ [+inf,+inf,+inf] ] ]

• Integer arrays are not supported. In JavaScript, positive and negative infinity are only represented in floating-point storage formats (IEEE 754).

inf.compile( dims )

Compiles a function for creating infinity-filled arrays having specified dimensions.

var fcn, out;

fcn = inf.compile( [2,1,3] );

out = fcn();
// returns [ [ [+inf,+inf,+inf] ], [ [+inf,+inf,+inf] ] ]

out = fcn();
// returns [ [ [+inf,+inf,+inf] ], [ [+inf,+inf,+inf] ] ]

Notes:

• When repeatedly creating arrays having the same shape, creating a customized inf function will provide performance benefits.

Examples

var inf = require( 'compute-inf' ),
	out;

// Plain arrays...

// 1x10:
out = inf( 10 );

// 2x1x3:
out = inf( [2,1,3] );

// 5x5x5:
out = inf( [5,5,5] );

// 10x5x10x20:
out = inf( [10,5,10,20] );

// Typed arrays...
out = inf( 10, {
	'dtype': 'float32',
	'sign': -1
});

// Matrices...
out = inf( [3,2], {
	'dtype': 'float64'
});

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ node ./examples/index.js

Tests

Unit

Unit tests use the Mocha test framework with Chai assertions. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

License

MIT license.

Copyright

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