Re: More fun

["Jaco van Gorkom" <gorkom(at)rijnh.nl>]

How about:

nv = n_elements(v)/interv
result = 0.5 * rebin(v+shift(v, -interv+1), nv, /sample)

cheers,
  Jaco


"Martin Schultz" <martin.schultz@dkrz.de> wrote in message
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> "J.D. Smith" wrote:
> >
> > Here's one I just came up against.  Suppose you want to rebin a vector
> > to some smaller size, an integer factor smaller.  E.g. 100 elements to
> > 20 elements.  Now, rather than the average of those elements in each
> > interval, etc., you want merely the average of the first and last member
> > of that interval.  E.g., you want:
> >
> > [(v[0]+v[4])/2, (v[5]+v[9])/2, (v[10]+v[14])/2, ...]
> >
> > Rebin by itself can't work, I don't think.
> >
> > Takers?
> >
> > JD
> >
> > P.S. No for loops please.  Bonus points if you don't build an explicit
> > index list.
> >
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>
> Missing the bonus, I would suggest
> nv=N_Elements(v)/5
> res=0.5*( v[lindgen(nv)*5] + v[lindgen(nv)*5+4] )
>
> But I am sure there is a way to do this with histogram ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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