Suggestion MAT Command

[Tyrone W. Lee]

I was looking at the MAT (Matrix Math) command and I was wondering
if you could add an "IGNORE" feature to this command.

Sorta like a selective MATRIX addition. The reason for my suggestion
is because I was told this command copies arrays VERY fast. Well,
with a little modification, it could perform what gamers call
a Transparent Blt. Nothing more than a matrix copy of values
but ignoring a certain COLOR/Value in the source matrix.

I don't know if this is the right area for this suggestion but I
just thought it would be a good idea.

BUT maybe this can be simulated with som AND/OR logic in conjuctionn
with the MAT command.. I'll play with it a bit. Anyone with
any info on this idea, please post..



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[Tyrone W. Lee]

I just attempted to use the MAT command with Boolean logic and
recieve an error..

MAT aRed() = source() AND CON(63488)

From the help file I assumed that CON means a constant. But I guess
the MAT command doesn't have AND/OR support.. I think it would
be a GREAT addition to make the command more powerful..

*Unless I'm missing something..



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[Bern Ertl]

I would also like to suggest an ARRAY / MAT command for the wish list.

As long as the ARRAY SORT only allows one TAGARRAY, it would be very
helpful to have a command which will initialize the elements of an array
to their respective index values.

Ie.

DIM MyArray1( %MaxElem) AS LONG
DIM MyArray2( %MaxElem) AS LONG
DIM MyArray3( %MaxElem) AS LONG


DIM TempArray( %MaxElem) AS LONG
DIM OrigOrder( %MaxElem) AS LONG


MAT OrigOrder() = INDEX   '<-- Proposed new Fn, sets
'                              OrigOrder(0) = 0, 
'                              OrigOrder(1) = 1, etc.


'Sort arrays using MyArray1 as the key
MAT TempArray() = MyArray1()
ARRAY SORT TempArray(), TAGARRAY MyArray2()
MAT TempArray() = MyArray1()
ARRAY SORT TempArray(), TAGARRAY MyArray3()
ARRAY SORT MyArray1(), TAGARRAY OrigOrder()


....  'Process arrays


'Restore arrays to original order
MAT TempArray() = OrigOrder()
ARRAY SORT TempArray(), TAGARRAY MyArray2()
MAT TempArray() = OrigOrder()
ARRAY SORT TempArray(), TAGARRAY MyArray3()
ARRAY SORT OrigOrder(), TAGARRAY MyArray1()

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Bernard Ertl

[This message has been edited by Bern Ertl (edited April 23, 2001).]