New Datatype under Development for Possible MATLAB Release
There is a new datatype we are playing around with that we hope to make available in an upcoming release and we would like your input beforehand.
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New Datatype in Action
Let me show you the new datatype in action so you can first get a feel for it.
inputData = magic(3)
inputData =
8 1 6
3 5 7
4 9 2
outputValues = dis(inputData);
Let's Examine the Output
outputValues
Why are you asking?
4 2 3
1 9 6
8 7 5
Well, that's a bit strange, isn't it? I wonder what the relationship between inputData and outputValues is. What can we learn about outputValues?
whos outputValues
Name Size Bytes Class Attributes outputValues 1x1 248 dis
Well, it's a dis array. Let's look at it again.
outputValues
What's it matter to you?
5 6 9
4 3 2
7 8 1
Say what? Let's check it a few more times.
outputValues outputValues outputValues
Who wants to know?
6 3 9
5 8 7
4 2 1
Who wants to know?
5 2 9
1 4 8
7 6 3
Who are you to ask me that?
5 3 7
9 8 2
1 4 6
Hoping you get the double meaning here - the dis array not only mixes up the values of the input for display purposes, but also tries to gently *dis*respect you along the way.
Even though this is a silly class, I'll show you the code so you can see how simple it is to make such a class.
type dis
classdef dis
%dis dis is a class.
% In fact, it's a declasse class.
properties
Data
end
properties (Access=protected)
Original
end
properties (Constant)
Answers = {'Why are you asking?' ,...
'What''s it matter to you?',...
'Who are you to ask me that?',...
'Who wants to know?',...
'What''s the big deal?'}
end
methods
function display(obj)
disp(dis.Answers{randi(length(dis.Answers),1)})
obj.Data(:) = obj.Data(randperm(numel(obj.Data)));
disp(obj.Data)
end
function obj = dis(in)
obj.Original = in;
obj.Data = reshape(in(randperm(numel(in))),size(in));
end
end
end
Should We Invest More Resources?
Of course, I could also add some numeric functions like plus to dis, but I didn't take the time, in case you didn't find this possible new MATLAB addition useful. So please share your thoughts with us here.
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