ASA172
Generation of all multi-indices in a given range

ASA172 is a MATLAB library which generates all multidimensional indices in a given range. simulating the behavior of an arbitrary number of nested loops, by OFlaherty and MacKenzie.

If the number of dimensions was known in advance, such an operation could be carried out by the corresponding set of nested loops. For example, in 3D:

        for i = i1 : i2
          for j = j1 : j2
            for k = k1 : k2
              (I,J,K) is an index in the range.
            end
          end
        end
      

ASA172 is Applied Statistics Algorithm 172. Source code for many Applied Statistics Algorithms is available through STATLIB.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

ASA172 is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

asa172_test

SUBSET, a MATLAB library which enumerates combinations, partitions, subsets, index sets, trees, and other combinatorial objects.

Author:

Original FORTRAN77 version by M OFlaherty, G MacKenzie; Matlab version by John Burkardt.

Reference:

1. M OFlaherty, G MacKenzie,
   Algorithm AS 172: Direct Simulation of Nested Fortran DO-LOOPS,
   Applied Statistics,
   Volume 31, Number 1, 1982, pages 71-74.

Source Code:

• simdo, generates multi-indices, simulating nested DO-loops.
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