CLAD2017 - Answer the requirement: Sum those Rows

[SercoSteveB]

You are asked to write a VI that will take in a 2D Array of numeric values and output a 1D Array that contains the sum of the values for each row of the input array.  Which of the following VIs satisfies the requirements?

Have a go at coding the VI yourself or expand the Spoiler tag to see the possible answers.

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a)

b)

c)

d)

[jwscs]

D, because a) sums the columns, b) and c) don't reinitialize to zero after each row, also

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[Matt-A.]

I suppose I could've used the nested for loops, but this was easier. 

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other than that, D

[crossrulz]

D, but I wold have done the same as Matt-A.

[jwscs]

definately the more general solution, but somehow numeric resonated with labviews Numeric Type for me

[CataM]

d)

[nik35324]

D

[chrisponte]

"D"

[Vasuk]

D) But I`ve done this way - the constant is inside the loop. But the solution of Matt-A is the best.

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[sankar06]

D

[qubirt]

D

[SercoSteveB]

Answer: D.  Nice one all.

The CLAD2017 Preparation Guide seems to suggest that questions of this type (answer a requirement) will feature quite often in the exam and as a consequence in The Daily CLAD.    jwscs and Matt-A who have posted VIs (thanks and Kudos to all who posted a VI) have focused on the simplest solution which in real life is the way to go but I don't think that NI could ever have a CLAD question that asks the examinee to select the simplest (or fastest, or best etc.) solution. Identifying which VI is the simplest (or fastest, or best etc.) requires a level of knowledge outside of the CLAD and is open to all sorts of interpretation/personal preference from the examinee.  I think you are much more likely to see questions with answer options that are all functionally similar where the idea is that you work through each answer option to identify the one that is correct.

[istan0227]

D