Rube Goldberg Code

[altenbach]

Sometimes it is difficult to find the right tool in the pallete, so we need to make our own.

Here's how to get a certain column from a 2D array using nothing more than a transpose, a while loop, and some trimmings! 😄

MacGyver would be proud!

(spotted here)

Message Edited by altenbach on 11-18-2009 01:36 AM

[Ray.R]

I like the loop with i = 0 to stop the loop.  😄

[RavensFan]

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Ray.R wrote:
I like the loop with i = 0 to stop the loop.  😄

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On the other hand, I like the i =1 loop. Because there is nothing better than to run a loop on iteration 0 just to throw the data away. 😄

(Imagine how the loop would look and how long it would take to run to get the last element of a huge array.)

[Hornless.Rhino]

Im just imagining the multi loop method for that 15D array on the previous page.

[Ben]

Back in about LV 5.0 I tried to create a 100-d array. The wires filled the screen! I made the mistake of try to put data in it before saving it. LV crashed.

Ben

[muks]

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Back in about LV 5.0 I tried to create a 100-d array. The wires filled the screen! I made the mistake of try to put data in it before saving it. LV crashed.

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Ben,

Was that a bug or an expected behaviour?

[Ben]

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muks wrote:

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Back in about LV 5.0 I tried to create a 100-d array. The wires filled the screen! I made the mistake of try to put data in it before saving it. LV crashed.

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Ben,

Was that a bug or an expected behaviour?

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back in the day of 256M of memory, that was expected.

Ben

[altenbach]

Sometimes I am guilty of writing code that has no purpose or use, just to prove that it can be done. And also because I get tired of the apparently infinite demand for this, as judged by postings here over the years. The beginner wants the opposite of the stop button, for whatever misguided reason. 😄

Rube Goldberg code??? You be the judge (details).

To try, download this zip file with code, unzip to a folder, open, but don't run autostart.vi, click the big FP button. 😄

(Warning: code is just a very rough draft to show the idea, full of bugs, shortcuts, and loose ends. ;))

[smercurio_fc]

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altenbach wrote:

Rube Goldberg code??? You be the judge (details).

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Well, can you think of another way to do it? I can't. And as you said, it's a misguided request mostly due to lack of understanding of programming/development environments.

[Hornless.Rhino]

Have to nominate myself here.

From this thread http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&thread.id=459293

I know there's a simpler way, but things just bloated. 😛

(Which one reason I don't normally give BD based help)

Message Edited by Hornless.Rhino on 30-11-2009 03:22 PM