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Multiply a vector
x
by a constantalpha
and add the result toy
.
import saxpy from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/blas-base-saxpy@esm/index.mjs';
Multiplies a vector x
by a constant alpha
and adds the result to y
.
import Float32Array from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/array-float32@esm/index.mjs';
var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 ] );
var y = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 ] );
var alpha = 5.0;
saxpy( x.length, alpha, x, 1, y, 1 );
// y => <Float32Array>[ 6.0, 11.0, 16.0, 21.0, 26.0 ]
The function has the following parameters:
- N: number of indexed elements.
- alpha:
numeric
constant. - x: input
Float32Array
. - strideX: index increment for
x
. - y: output
Float32Array
. - strideY: index increment for
y
.
The N
and stride parameters determine which elements in the strided arrays are accessed at runtime. For example, to multiply every other value in x
by alpha
and add the result to the first N
elements of y
in reverse order,
import Float32Array from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/array-float32@esm/index.mjs';
var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 ] );
var y = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 ] );
var alpha = 5.0;
saxpy( 3, alpha, x, 2, y, -1 );
// y => <Float32Array>[ 26.0, 16.0, 6.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 ]
Note that indexing is relative to the first index. To introduce an offset, use typed array
views.
import Float32Array from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/array-float32@esm/index.mjs';
// Initial arrays...
var x0 = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 ] );
var y0 = new Float32Array( [ 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0 ] );
// Create offset views...
var x1 = new Float32Array( x0.buffer, x0.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT*1 ); // start at 2nd element
var y1 = new Float32Array( y0.buffer, y0.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT*3 ); // start at 4th element
saxpy( 3, 5.0, x1, -2, y1, 1 );
// y0 => <Float32Array>[ 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 40.0, 31.0, 22.0 ]
Multiplies a vector x
by a constant alpha
and adds the result to y
using alternative indexing semantics.
import Float32Array from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/array-float32@esm/index.mjs';
var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 ] );
var y = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 ] );
var alpha = 5.0;
saxpy.ndarray( x.length, alpha, x, 1, 0, y, 1, 0 );
// y => <Float32Array>[ 6.0, 11.0, 16.0, 21.0, 26.0 ]
The function has the following additional parameters:
- offsetX: starting index for
x
. - offsetY: starting index for
y
.
While typed array
views mandate a view offset based on the underlying buffer, the offset parameters support indexing semantics based on starting indices. For example, to multiply every other value in x
by a constant alpha
starting from the second value and add to the last N
elements in y
where x[i] -> y[n]
, x[i+2] -> y[n-1]
,...,
import Float32Array from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/array-float32@esm/index.mjs';
var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 ] );
var y = new Float32Array( [ 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0 ] );
var alpha = 5.0;
saxpy.ndarray( 3, alpha, x, 2, 1, y, -1, y.length-1 );
// y => <Float32Array>[ 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 40.0, 31.0, 22.0 ]
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<body>
<script type="module">
import discreteUniform from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/random-array-discrete-uniform@esm/index.mjs';
import saxpy from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/blas-base-saxpy@esm/index.mjs';
var opts = {
'dtype': 'float32'
};
var x = discreteUniform( 10, 0, 100, opts );
console.log( x );
var y = discreteUniform( x.length, 0, 10, opts );
console.log( y );
saxpy.ndarray( x.length, 5.0, x, 1, 0, y, -1, y.length-1 );
console.log( y );
</script>
</body>
</html>
@stdlib/blas-base/daxpy
: multiply a vectorx
by a constant and add the result toy
.@stdlib/blas-base/gaxpy
: multiply a vectorx
by a constant and add the result toy
.
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