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includes

Test whether an ndarray contains a specified value along one or more dimensions.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/ndarray-includes

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Usage

varincludes=require('@stdlib/ndarray-includes');

includes( x, searchElement[, options] )

Tests whether an ndarray contains a specified value along one or more dimensions.

vararray=require('@stdlib/ndarray-array');// Create an input ndarray:varx=array([[[1.0,2.0]],[[3.0,4.0]],[[5.0,6.0]]]);// returns <ndarray>// Perform reduction:varout=includes(x,5.0);// returns <ndarray>varv=out.get();// returns true

The function accepts the following arguments:

• x: input ndarray.
• searchElement: search element. May be either a scalar or an ndarray. Must be broadcast-compatible with the non-reduced dimensions of input ndarray. Must have a data type which can be (mostly) safely cast to the data type of the input ndarray.
• options: function options (optional).

The function accepts the following options:

• dims: list of dimensions over which to perform a reduction.
• keepdims: boolean indicating whether the reduced dimensions should be included in the returned ndarray as singleton dimensions. Default: false.

By default, the function performs a reduction over all elements in a provided ndarray. To reduce specific dimensions, set the dims option.

vararray=require('@stdlib/ndarray-array');varndarray2array=require('@stdlib/ndarray-to-array');// Create an input ndarray:varx=array([[[1.0,2.0]],[[3.0,4.0]],[[5.0,6.0]]]);// returns <ndarray>// Perform reduction:varout=includes(x,5.0,{'dims': [1,2]});// returns <ndarray>varv=ndarray2array(out);// returns [ false, false, true ]

By default, the function returns an ndarray having a shape matching only the non-reduced dimensions of the input ndarray (i.e., the reduced dimensions are dropped). To include the reduced dimensions as singleton dimensions in the output ndarray, set the keepdims option to true.

vararray=require('@stdlib/ndarray-array');varndarray2array=require('@stdlib/ndarray-to-array');// Create an input ndarray:varx=array([[[1.0,2.0]],[[3.0,4.0]],[[5.0,6.0]]]);// returns <ndarray>// Perform reduction:varout=includes(x,5.0,{'dims': [1,2],'keepdims': true});// returns <ndarray>varv=ndarray2array(out);// returns [ [ [ false ] ], [ [ false ] ], [ [ true ] ] ]

includes.assign( x, searchElement, out[, options] )

Tests whether an ndarray contains a specified value along one or more dimensions and assigns results to a provided output ndarray.

vararray=require('@stdlib/ndarray-array');varempty=require('@stdlib/ndarray-empty');// Create an input ndarray:varx=array([[[1.0,2.0]],[[3.0,4.0]],[[5.0,6.0]]]);// returns <ndarray>// Create an output ndarray:vary=empty([],{'dtype': 'bool'});// Perform reduction:varout=includes.assign(x,5.0,y);// returns <ndarray>varbool=(out===y);// returns truevarv=y.get();// returns true

The function accepts the following arguments:

• x: input ndarray.
• searchElement: search element. May be either a scalar or an ndarray. Must be broadcast-compatible with the non-reduced dimensions of input ndarray. Must have a data type which can be (mostly) safely cast to the data type of the input ndarray.
• out: output ndarray. The output ndarray must have a shape matching the non-reduced dimensions of the input ndarray.
• options: function options (optional).

The function accepts the following options:

• dims: list of dimensions over which to perform a reduction.

By default, the function performs a reduction over all elements in a provided ndarray. To reduce specific dimensions, set the dims option.

vararray=require('@stdlib/ndarray-array');varempty=require('@stdlib/ndarray-empty');varndarray2array=require('@stdlib/ndarray-to-array');// Create an input ndarray:varx=array([[[1.0,2.0]],[[3.0,4.0]],[[5.0,6.0]]]);// returns <ndarray>// Create an output ndarray:vary=empty([3],{'dtype': 'bool'});// Perform reduction:varout=includes.assign(x,5.0,y,{'dims': [1,2]});varbool=(out===y);// returns truevarv=ndarray2array(y);// returns [ false, false, true ]

Examples

vardiscreteUniform=require('@stdlib/random-base-discrete-uniform').factory;varndarray2array=require('@stdlib/ndarray-to-array');varfillBy=require('@stdlib/ndarray-fill-by');varzeros=require('@stdlib/ndarray-zeros');varincludes=require('@stdlib/ndarray-includes');varx=zeros([2,4,5],{'dtype': 'float64'});x=fillBy(x,discreteUniform(0,10));console.log(ndarray2array(x));vary=includes(x,1);console.log('includes(x[:,:,:], 1) =');console.log(y.get());y=includes(x,2,{'dims': [0],'keepdims': true});console.log('includes(x[:,j,k], 2) =');console.log(ndarray2array(y));y=includes(x,3,{'dims': [1],'keepdims': true});console.log('includes(x[i,:,k], 3) =');console.log(ndarray2array(y));y=includes(x,4,{'dims': [2],'keepdims': true});console.log('includes(x[i,j,:], 4) =');console.log(ndarray2array(y));y=includes(x,5,{'dims': [0,1],'keepdims': true});console.log('includes(x[:,:,k], 5) =');console.log(ndarray2array(y));y=includes(x,6,{'dims': [0,2],'keepdims': true});console.log('includes(x[:,j,:], 6) =');console.log(ndarray2array(y));y=includes(x,7,{'dims': [1,2],'keepdims': true});console.log('includes(x[i,:,:], 7) =');console.log(ndarray2array(y));y=includes(x,8,{'dims': [0,1,2],'keepdims': true});console.log('includes(x[:,:,:], 8) =');console.log(ndarray2array(y));

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