How to quickly find the first non-zero element without iterations in all columns in a sparse matrix?
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Hi, All,
I have a big sparse matrix A. I want to find out the first non-zero element in all columns from the top. Here is my code:
reorderCol = [];
for jCol = 1 : length(A(1,:))
eee = find(A(:,jCol),1,'first');
reorderCol = [reorderCol eee];
end
For example, I have matrix A = [0 0 0;0 5 0;0 0 1;0 0 0;-1 0 -4]. My code gives the following result:
reorderCol = [5 2 3];
I am wondering if it is possible to obtain reorderCol without iterations. Thanks a lot.
Benson
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Les Beckham
2020-3-18
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2020-3-18
Try this. In my test with a 1000x1000 random sparse 0 or 1 matrix (A = sparse(randi([0 1], 1000, 1000));) it is about 4 times faster.
i = find(A(:) ~= 0, 1, 'first');
ij = ind2sub(size(A), i);
For a 5000x5000 A it is actually slower, however (about 83% as fast).
Note that I am using Octave as I don't currently have access to Matlab.
Iteration is not always necessary, or desirable, to avoid. In fact, many of the Matlab 'tricks' are just iteration in disguise.
I hope this helps.
Perhaps your results will be different using Matlab vs. Octave. Let me know.
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