How to avoid using 'for' loop
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'u' and 'v' are 401*401 matrices and 'R' is a 401*1 matrix. I have a function which gets 'u' and 'v' vectors and one value of 'R' per iteration and calculates the value of the function. Then after that, I have to sum all these values to get the final result. I wish to achieve my goal without using 'for' loop. Is it possible?
Example:
% Initialize 'u', 'v', and 'R' matrices
u = ...; % 401x401 matrix
v = ...; % 401x401 matrix
R = ...; % 401x1 matrix
functionValues =zeros(401,401);
% Calculate the values of the function for each element
for i=1:numel(R)،
functionValues = functionValues + calculateValue(u, v, R(i)); % 401x401 matrix
end
In fact I wish to avoid using 'for' loop to increase running speed.
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Image Analyst
2023-10-22
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Just modify youir calculateValue() so that it takes multiple values of R (can handle R being a vector) and returns a vector instead of a single scalar number. Then just call the function -- no for loop needed.
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moh mor
2023-10-22
Image Analyst
2023-10-22
Then why not
theSum = 0;
for k = 1 : numel(R)،
theSum = theSum + calculateValue(u, v, R(k)); % 401x401 matrix
end
And I agree with @Dyuman Joshi with only a few iterations (401*401) you'd most likely not notice any difference at all. It might be a different story if you had hundreds of millions of elements.
Dyuman Joshi
2023-10-22
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However, this assumes that calculateValue() can be vectorized.
And if it can be, I doubt if you will see any noticeable speed increase by using vectorization instead of using a for loop.
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moh mor
2023-10-22
moh mor
2023-10-22
Dyuman Joshi
2023-10-22
"I have heard that deploying 'for' loop decrease the speed by a huge amount."
No, that is not generally true. If utilized properly, for loops can be faster.
However, Vectorization is faster because MATLAB is optimized for it. But that does not mean for loop are very slow.
On the other hand, if someone writes an inefficient for loop, then it might be slower, but that is because the way the code was written, not due to the nature of the for loop.
"'Sorry, I think sth is misunderstood. functionValues' has the same dimension as 'u' and 'v'. In fact I wish to sum up values of 'functionValues' for different 'R' at each position."
I understood your query perfectly and yes, I know that.
Using a for loop, the sum has to be updated in each iteration, whereas in the case of vectorization, the values are calculated together.
Did you try to vectorize the function calculateValue()?
moh mor
2023-10-22
编辑：Walter Roberson
2023-10-25
Dyuman Joshi
2023-10-22
编辑：Dyuman Joshi
2023-10-25
@moh mor, is there still a problem?
Does it work properly? And did you check the speed of the two methods for comparison?
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