Hashmap based wave indexing
UpdateIndex is used to create an index of all waves in the current folder.
Then FetchWave can be used to convert the wave name to a wave reference.
Example
variable numWaves = 1000
for(i = 0; i < numWaves; i+=1)
string wvName = "X_" + num2str(i)
Make/O/D $wvName
endfor
UpdateIndex
Make/O/I/N=(numWaves) indexWave
indexWave[] = abs(enoise(numWaves-1.0))
Wave/Z wv
for(i = 0; i < numWaves; i+=1)
wvName = "X_" + num2istr(indexWave[i])
FetchWave/L=wvName /DEST=wv
if(!WaveExists(wv))
printf "Error at %s\r", wvName
endif
endfor
The experiment in the zip archive was then used to create the attached benchmark.
DO NOT USE THAT IN PRODUCTION CODE AS IT MIGHT FAIL HORRIBLY!
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interesting XOP, might all go a bit wrong if someone kills a wave and your XOP tries to access it at a later stage. Still, you did mention it was a playground.
A.
August 2, 2013 at 12:07 am - Permalink
yes its definitly a proof-of-concept XOP. Involving HoldWave and ReleaseWave would be good idea if you want to delete waves between UpdateIndex and FetchWave.
Thomas
August 2, 2013 at 03:09 am - Permalink