how to return two results by one output when using arrayfun()?

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vx2008 2016-2-1

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f=@(X) fun1(x);
data=arrayfun(f,xgroup);

about funtion 'fun1', now shall I return two result into the 'data' for one element of xgroup;

funtion re=fun1(x)
....
out1=x^2;
out2=x^3;
re=[out1 out2];
end

When I do like above, Matlab cant accept it; so is there some method to return several results by one 'var'?

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Stephen23 2016-2-1

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vx2008's "Answer" moved here (note to vx2008: please use the comment fields, not the answers):

Thank you for your guidings;

yes, you have give me the solution, and my request is the type as you show:

result = arrayfun(@fun1, 1:5, 'UniformOutput', false)

but there is a little bug here: what if 'output3' is string? like this: ' output3= 'test' '; I know we can make code as below:

function re = fun1(x) %function is designed to work on scalars only

output1=x^2;

output2=x^3;

output3='test'

re = {output1,output2,output3};

end

But if that, how shall I get matrix Data=[output1,output2] and Str={output3} from the 'result' of 'arraryfun'? I mean use 'cell2mat' function or related function to do this rather than one by one.

And I also know we can resolve this problem like this:

[re1, re2,re3] = arrayfun(@fun1, 1:5) and alse 3 outputs in 'fun1';

the reason why I don;t select this type is that I will modify the outputs' number in the future, and it will be more convenient if I select the other type.

Stephen23 2016-2-1

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@vx2008: Don't make code more complicated than it needs to be.

You are avoiding using the simplest solution ( multiple outputs) and trying to mock-up some syntax that allows you to create arbitrary outputs and then you expect them to be magically combined using some simple tool. There is a simple tool: multiple outputs. Why do you not know what the outputs are? You write the code, you know what the outputs are.

"there is a little bug here" The bug is that you want to merge data of different types into one cell array, and then imagine that it will be simple to separate them again. There are two cases to consider:

if you know what order the data are in within the cell array then you might as well just use multiple outputs (see examples below).
if the data types are not known when you write the code then there is no simple solution: you would need to identify them within the cell array. Considerreturning one structure instead (see my next comment).

You can easily collect multiple outputs into one cell array. Here is a simple function with two outputs, which when it is called are collected into one cell array:

function [sq,cu] = myFunTwo(x) % two outputs
sq = x^2;
cu = x^3;
end

and call it like this:

>> [X{1:2}] = arrayfun(@myFunTwo,1:3);
>> data = vertcat(X{:})
data =
    1    4    9
    1    8   27

You see, by using multiple outputs we can:

make the function simpler
make the arrayfun call simpler
put the outputs easily into one cell array (which was also easy to convert to numeric).

You can even extend this to work with more outputs, of mixed data types:

function [sq,cu,st] = myFunThree(x) % three outputs
sq = x^2;
cu = x^3;
st = {num2str(cu)}; % string in a cell!
end

and called:

>> [X{1:2},Str] = arrayfun(@myFunThree,1:3);
>> Str{:} % string in cell array
ans = 1
ans = 8
ans = 27
>> data = vertcat(X{:})
data =
  1    4    9
  1    8   27

See how easy it is to combine when we use multiple outputs.

Stephen23 2016-2-1

My aim is to show you some good choices, but because I do not know the rest of your data processing I can't advise on which solution is best for your situation: it depends on how you are generating and handling this data.

Pick the solution that makes the most sense to you, or that you find easiest to code. (Writing code that makes sense saves more time than trying to write slightly faster code that is harder to understand and causes problems...)

For "large" data separate outputs may be faster, but the only way to check is to try both solutions and time them.

vx2008 2016-2-1

ok, thank you very much! Have fun!

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Solution 1: You actually don't need arrayfun at all.

The simplest, neatest and fastest MATLAB code uses code vectorization, very simply like this:

>> x = [1,2,3];
>> y = x.^2
y =
   1   4   9
>> z = x.^3
z =
    1    8   27

Solution 2: Return TWO Outputs

function [sq,cu] = myFunTwo(x) % two outputs
sq = x^2;
cu = x^3;
end

and call it:

>> [outSqr,outCub] = arrayfun(@myFunTwo,[1,2,3])
outSqr =
   1   4   9
outCub =
    1    8   27

Solution 3: Use arrayfun's "UniformOutput" Option

function out = myFunOne(x) % one output
sq = x^2;
cu = x^3;
out = [sq,cu];
end

and call it:

>> outCell = arrayfun(@myFunOne,[1,2,3],'UniformOutput',false);
>> outCell{:}
ans =
   1   1
ans =
   4   8
ans =
    9   27

The first solution is by far the simplest and fastest.

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It's not clear what sort of output you are looking for out of arrayfun. You have two options:

Use a single output function that outputs a vector, as in your example:

function re = fun1(x)  %function is designed to work on scalars only
   re = [x^2 , x^3]
end

If you use this function in the arrayfun call the output is non-scalar and thus you need to tell arrayfun. As a result, arrayfun will pack the outputs in a cell array:

result = arrayfun(@fun1, 1:5, 'UniformOutput', false) %create a cell array

If you want, you can then convert the cell array into a 2 column matrix:

result = vertcat(result{:})

Second option: Use a two outputs function and therefore have two output arrays out of arrayfun:

function [out1, out2] = fun2(x)
  out1 = x^2;
  out2 = x^3;
end
[re1, re2] = arrayfun(@fun1, 1:5)

You can of course concatenate the output directly into a 2d matrix:

[result(1, :), result(2, :)] = arrayfun(@fun1, 1:5)

Finally, I'll note that in this particular example, arrayfun is completely unnecessary:

result = [x.^2; x.^3] %would do the same

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vx2008 2016-2-1

Thank you for your time spent on this question;

I learn much from your this reply;

Thank you.

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