initialize a MxN matrix with the same number

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Salvatore Mazzarino 2012-10-20

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评论： Walter Roberson 2023-12-11

I would initialize a M x N matrix with the same number. Which could be the best way in terms of speed?

Es.

[2 2; 
 2 2
 2 2]

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Answer 1

Matt Fig 2012-10-20

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Another:

% Make a 3-by-8 matrix of 9s:
A(1:3,1:8) = 9

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John BG 2016-9-28

if it has been defined before ..

if it coincides with the name of a function ..

if you start looking backward there is not way to move forward.

Matt gave the right answer, get on with it, or prove it wrong.

Walter Roberson 2016-9-29

? You are arguing with a 4 year old posting ?

Jan did give a counter example:

A = rand(9);
A(1:3, 1:8) = 9;
A
A =
    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    0.9651
    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    0.6406
    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    0.7577
    0.5009    0.5300    0.3514    0.0230    0.6206    0.5925    0.8718    0.5488    0.7359
    0.8410    0.9315    0.2206    0.2301    0.4299    0.1449    0.7987    0.3064    0.6590
    0.9057    0.9739    0.3609    0.8522    0.6744    0.5350    0.7201    0.2121    0.9933
    0.2481    0.8476    0.1054    0.9497    0.9710    0.2542    0.0973    0.6881    0.8679
    0.1017    0.7075    0.1900    0.1831    0.3252    0.8435    0.3257    0.7090    0.4237
    0.5273    0.9981    0.1697    0.2163    0.9954    0.9812    0.1355    0.4648    0.6465

Part of the array was set as required but the rest was left alone, which does not meet the specifications.

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Friedrich 2018-8-14

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编辑：Friedrich 2018-8-15

I know this is old but I could not let it go. I found

A=zeros(M,N)+10;

to be the fastest. At least on my computer. Heres my code for testing and the results in Matlab 2017b

% produces 6.4GB of data
M = 80e6;
N = 10;
clear A
tic;
A=ones(M,N)*10;
disp(['A=ones(M,N)*10;          = ' num2str(toc) 's']);
clear A
tic;
A=uninit(M,N);
A(:) = 10;
disp(['A=uninit(M,N); A(:)=10;  = ' num2str(toc) 's']);
clear A
tic;
A=repmat(10,[M,N]);
disp(['A=repmat(10,[M,N]);      = ' num2str(toc) 's']);
clear A
tic;
A = mxFastZeros(0,M,N)+10;
disp(['A=mxFastZeros(0,M,N)+10; = ' num2str(toc) 's']);
clear A
tic;
A=zeros(M,N)+10;
disp(['A=zeros(M,N)+10;         = ' num2str(toc) 's']);
clear A
tic;
a = 12;
A = a(ones(M, N));
disp(['a=10;A=a(ones(M, N));    = ' num2str(toc) 's']);
clear A

Results

A=ones(M,N)*10;          = 3.312s
A=uninit(M,N); A(:)=10;  = 2.508s
A=repmat(10,[M,N]);      = 2.1169s
A=mxFastZeros(0,M,N)+10; = 1.8326s
A=zeros(M,N)+10;         = 1.8487s
a=10;A=a(ones(M, N));    = 25.0576s

Edit: Thank you James for the hint on mxFastZeros. I included that in the benchmark.

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James Tursa 2018-8-14

编辑：James Tursa 2018-8-15

Here's another one you can try using the undocumented API function mxFastZeros:

A = mxFastZeros(0,M,N)+10;

The behavior of this seems highly version dependent. In some versions it seems to run fast at first and then maybe exhaust the supply of pre-0'ed data and the timings jump up significantly. But just guessing here.

The mex code:

/* mxFastZeros.c generates a zero 2D double matrix
   Syntax: z = mxFastZeros( ComplexFlag, M, N )
   Where:
   ComplexFlag = 0 (real) or 1 (complex)
   M = row size
   N = column size
   Programmer:  James Tursa
*/
#include "mex.h"
#undef mxFastZeros
#undef mxCreateSharedDataCopy
mxArray *mxFastZeros(mxComplexity ComplexFlag, mwSize m, mwSize n);
mxArray *mxCreateSharedDataCopy(mxArray *mx);
void mexFunction(int nlhs, mxArray *plhs[], int nrhs, const mxArray *prhs[])
{
    mxArray *mx;
    mxComplexity ComplexFlag;
    mwSize m, n;
        if( nrhs != 3 ) {
            mexErrMsgTxt("Syntax: mxFastZeros(ComplexFlag,M,N)");
        }
        if( nlhs > 1 ) {
            mexErrMsgTxt("Too many outputs.");
        }
        ComplexFlag = mxGetScalar(prhs[0]);
        m = mxGetScalar(prhs[1]);
        n = mxGetScalar(prhs[2]);
        mx = mxFastZeros(ComplexFlag,m,n);
        plhs[0] = mxCreateSharedDataCopy(mx);
        mxDestroyArray(mx);
    }

Matt J 2020-6-18

You should probably add repelem to this comparison.

Rik 2020-6-18

I also added your suggestion with randi and reposted it as an answer to avoid this being burried.

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Rik 2020-6-18

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编辑：Rik 2020-6-19

bench_M_by_N_array.m

Inspired by the comparative speed test in the answer by Friedrich, I extended his code to have more robust testing that could be performed on multiple different releases. Timings below are normalized to 10*ones(M,N), and Octave and ML6.5 have fewer elements to prevent max array size errors. See the attached file for all details.

(failed options are removed from this post, but are displayed by the function) (you could make the function more fancy, but I didn't feel like spending time on that. I might update this function at some point)

Matlab 6.5:

A=ones(M,N)*10;                 = 0.0410s (normalized time = 0.99)
A=zeros(M,N)+10;                = 0.0400s (normalized time = 1.01)
A=repmat(10,[M,N])              = 0.0460s (normalized time = 1.14)
a=10;A=a(ones(M, N));           = 0.2770s (normalized time = 6.84)

R2011a:

A=repmat(10,[M,N])              = 1.8918s (normalized time = 0.98)
A=ones(M,N)*10;                 = 1.8975s (normalized time = 0.99)
A=uninit(M,N); A(:)=10;         = 1.9129s (normalized time = 1.00)
A=zeros(M,N)+10;                = 2.0259s (normalized time = 1.05)
A=mxFastZeros(0,M,N)+10;        = 3.7976s (normalized time = 1.94)
a=10;A=a(ones(M, N));           = 8.4049s (normalized time = 4.36)
A=randi([10,10], M,N);          = 12.0829s (normalized time = 6.20)

R2015a:

A=repmat(10,[M,N])              = 0.6856s (normalized time = 0.39)
A=repelem(10, M, N);            = 0.7803s (normalized time = 0.44)
A=mxFastZeros(0,M,N)+10;        = 1.7123s (normalized time = 0.97)
A=uninit(M,N); A(:)=10;         = 1.7477s (normalized time = 0.99)
A=ones(M,N)*10;                 = 1.7598s (normalized time = 0.99)
A=zeros(M,N)+10;                = 1.8429s (normalized time = 1.04)
a=10;A=a(ones(M, N));           = 7.6893s (normalized time = 4.35)
A=randi([10,10], M,N);          = 7.7680s (normalized time = 4.40)

R2020a:

A=mxFastZeros(0,M,N)+10;        = 0.6672s (normalized time = 0.31)
A=zeros(M,N)+10;                = 0.6879s (normalized time = 0.31)
A=repmat(10,[M,N])              = 0.7013s (normalized time = 0.32)
A=repelem(10, M, N);            = 0.7761s (normalized time = 0.36)
A=uninit(M,N); A(:)=10;         = 1.7886s (normalized time = 0.83)
A=ones(M,N)*10;                 = 2.1304s (normalized time = 0.98)
A=randi([10,10], M,N);          = 6.9900s (normalized time = 3.21)
a=10;A=a(ones(M, N));           = 7.2315s (normalized time = 3.32)

Octave 5.2.0

A=repmat(10,[M,N])              = 0.0264s (normalized time = 0.43)
A=repelem(10, M, N);            = 0.0366s (normalized time = 0.59)
A=zeros(M,N)+10;                = 0.0583s (normalized time = 0.94)
A=uninit(M,N); A(:)=10;         = 0.0628s (normalized time = 1.00)
A=ones(M,N)*10;                 = 0.0637s (normalized time = 1.03)
a=10;A=a(ones(M, N));           = 0.0945s (normalized time = 1.53)
A=randi([10,10], M,N);          = 0.4947s (normalized time = 8.00)

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Rik 2020-6-18

This is the output. I replaced the current directory and the install path with placeholders. In case it is relevant: the pwd doesn't have spaces, but the install path does.

Building with 'MinGW64 Compiler (C)'.
Error using mex
{{pwd}}\mxFastZeros.c:14:10: error: conflicting types for 'mxFastZeros'
 mxArray *mxFastZeros(mxComplexity ComplexFlag, mwSize m, mwSize n);
          ^~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from {{mlroot}}/extern/include/mex.h:43:0,
                 from {{pwd}}\mxFastZeros.c:10:
{{mlroot}}/extern/include/matrix.h:1171:46: note: previous declaration of 'mxFastZeros' was here
 LIBMMWMATRIX_PUBLISHED_API_EXTERN_C mxArray *mxFastZeros(int cmplx_flag, int m, int n);
                                              ^~~~~~~~~~~
{{pwd}}\mxFastZeros.c:15:10: error: conflicting types for 'mxCreateSharedDataCopy'
 mxArray *mxCreateSharedDataCopy(mxArray *mx);
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from {{mlroot}}/extern/include/mex.h:43:0,
                 from {{pwd}}\mxFastZeros.c:10:
{{mlroot}}/extern/include/matrix.h:1169:46: note: previous declaration of 'mxCreateSharedDataCopy' was here
 LIBMMWMATRIX_PUBLISHED_API_EXTERN_C mxArray *mxCreateSharedDataCopy(const mxArray *pa);
                                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

James Tursa 2020-6-18

Looks like they have exposed the true interfaces to these unofficial functions. Just use them. E.g.,

mxArray *mxFastZeros(int cmplx_flag, int m, int n);
mxArray *mxCreateSharedDataCopy(const mxArray *mx);

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Answer 4

Azzi Abdelmalek 2012-10-20

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编辑：Azzi Abdelmalek 2012-10-20

A=zeros(M,N)

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Azzi Abdelmalek 2012-10-20

or

A=repmat(12,M,N);

Azzi Abdelmalek 2012-10-20

Matt's init is the fastest

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Jan 2012-10-20

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To avoid troubles with earlier definitions, I prefer:

A = repmat(12, M, N);

The overhead for calling the M-file repmat can be omitted:

a = 12;
A = a(ones(M, N));

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Matt J 2012-10-20

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A=zeros(M,N);
A(:)=some_number;

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Answer 7

James Tursa 2012-10-20

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编辑：James Tursa 2012-10-20

Another method if matrix A is not already allocated:

A = uninit(M,N);
A(:) = some_number;

UNINIT can be found here:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/31362-uninit-create-an-uninitialized-variable-like-zeros-but-faster

If the matrix A is pre-existing, then of course skip the allocation step and just fill the values ala the 2nd line above.

SIDE NOTE: On later version of MATLAB it seems the parser is smart enough to recognize the value*ones(m,n) formulation and not actually do the multiply. At least that is my conclusion based on speed tests.

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Rozh Al-Mashhdi 2023-12-10

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编辑：Stephen23 2023-12-10

At least on my system (macbook pro 2021, Matlab 2023), the following is faster than V * ones (M,N) for very large M and N. For small M and N there is no measurable difference

A=zeros(M,1)+V;
B=zeros(1,N)+1;
C=A*B;

The above is inspired by:

https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/58055-faster-way-to-initilize-arrays-via-empty-matrix-multiplication

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Walter Roberson 2023-12-10

I am finding significant measurement error, so I repeated the timings several times. Rows are different methods, columns are repeated tests.

The timings were significantly worse for the case of a script rather than a function.

I think more testing needs to be done.

The probably-not-trustable timings here hint that some variations on the above might be a little faster.

Note: in the past (small number of weeks ago) I have measured V+zeros() as being faster than V*ones(), but my recollection is that historically it could be difficult to tell those apart.

Also, the relative timings for MATLAB Answers sometimes differ significantly compared to my Mac -- enough so that you cannot rely on the Answers timings as being conclusive for MATLAB in general.

format long g
testtimes();
ans = 3×3
1.0e+00 *

                  0.000844                  0.000617                  0.000541
                  0.000577                  0.000536                  0.000473
                  0.000608                  0.000554                  0.000438
function testtimes()
M = 1000; N = 1002;
V = 123;
start = tic;
A1 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B1 = zeros(1,N)+1;
C1 = A1*B1;
t1a = toc(start);
start = tic;
A2 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B2 = ones(1,N);
C2 = A2*B2;
t2a = toc(start);
start = tic;
A3 = ones(M,1)*V;
B3 = ones(1,N);
C3 = A3*B3;
t3a = toc(start);
start = tic;
A1 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B1 = zeros(1,N)+1;
C1 = A1*B1;
t1b = toc(start);
start = tic;
A2 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B2 = ones(1,N);
C2 = A2*B2;
t2b = toc(start);
start = tic;
A3 = ones(M,1)*V;
B3 = ones(1,N);
C3 = A3*B3;
t3b = toc(start);
start = tic;
A1 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B1 = zeros(1,N)+1;
C1 = A1*B1;
t1c = toc(start);
start = tic;
A2 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B2 = ones(1,N);
C2 = A2*B2;
t2c = toc(start);
start = tic;
A3 = ones(M,1)*V;
B3 = ones(1,N);
C3 = A3*B3;
t3c = toc(start);
[t1a, t1b, t1c; t2a, t2b, t2c; t3a, t3b, t3c]
end

Walter Roberson 2023-12-11

For those sizes, here on MATLAB Answers, nothing is reliable about the timing, and the third version I came up with might be a hair faster.

Relative performance on your own system might be substantially different.

format long g
testtimes();
ans = 3×3
                  0.393793                  0.451649                  0.390828
                  0.335784                  0.370165                  0.399899
                  0.330778                  0.365417                  0.367776
function testtimes()
M = 12000; N = 18000;
V = 123;
start = tic;
A1 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B1 = zeros(1,N)+1;
C1 = A1*B1;
t1a = toc(start);
start = tic;
A2 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B2 = ones(1,N);
C2 = A2*B2;
t2a = toc(start);
start = tic;
A3 = ones(M,1)*V;
B3 = ones(1,N);
C3 = A3*B3;
t3a = toc(start);
start = tic;
A1 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B1 = zeros(1,N)+1;
C1 = A1*B1;
t1b = toc(start);
start = tic;
A2 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B2 = ones(1,N);
C2 = A2*B2;
t2b = toc(start);
start = tic;
A3 = ones(M,1)*V;
B3 = ones(1,N);
C3 = A3*B3;
t3b = toc(start);
start = tic;
A1 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B1 = zeros(1,N)+1;
C1 = A1*B1;
t1c = toc(start);
start = tic;
A2 = zeros(M,1)+V;
B2 = ones(1,N);
C2 = A2*B2;
t2c = toc(start);
start = tic;
A3 = ones(M,1)*V;
B3 = ones(1,N);
C3 = A3*B3;
t3c = toc(start);
[t1a, t1b, t1c; t2a, t2b, t2c; t3a, t3b, t3c]
end

Walter Roberson 2023-12-11

On my system, with those array sizes:

>> another_way

ans =

0.110873719 0.192779666 0.17914935

0.105916544 0.167061579 0.178607924

0.108013696 0.177013045 0.169540193

>> another_way

ans =

0.101248998 0.176637954 0.200039796

0.10419013 0.155409292 0.162791305

0.098662435 0.154152901 0.173319562

Nothing there is reliable either.

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MathWorks Support Team 2018-11-9

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In general, the easiest ways to initialize a matrix with the same number are the following, which produce a 3-by-2 matrix whose elements are all 2:

A = 2*ones(3,2)
A = zeros(3,2) + 2
A = repmat(2,3,2)

The speed of these methods relative to each other can depend on your computing environment.

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Here's a safe one-liner, but I don't know how fast it is.

A=randi([n,n], M,N);

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