IBM Visualization Data Explorer Programmer's Reference

DXArrayConvert, DXArrayConvertV

Function Creates a new Array of specified type, category, rank, and shape from an existing Array.

Syntax

#include <dx/dx.h>
Array DXArrayConvert(Array a, Type t, Category c, int rank, ...)
Array DXArrayConvertV(Array a, Type t, Category c, int rank, int *shape)

Functional Details The routine copies Array a and converts it to type t, category c, rank rank, and a specified shape. (The new Array can be deleted with DXDelete. See 4.2 , "Memory Management".)

Conversion requires that the parameters of the newly created Array be compatible with those of the Array from which it was copied. For example, the new rank and shape are compatible with the rank and shape of a if they differ only by dimensions that have a shape of 1. Thus an Array of 1 × n matrices can be converted to an Array of vectors. Table 2 and Table 3 summarize the convertibility of the different types and categories.

Table 2. Summary of Type Conversions

	Byte	Unsigned Byte	Short	Unsigned Short	Int	Unsigned Int	Float	Double
Byte	A	CNS	A	CNS	A	CNS	A	A
Unsigned Byte	CNS	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Short	CNS	CNS	A	CNS	A	CNS	A	A
Unsigned Short	CNS	CNS	CNS	A	A	A	A	A
Int	CNS	CNS	CNS	CNS	A	CNS	A	A
Unsigned Int	CNS	CNS	CNS	CNS	CNS	A	A	A
Float	CNS	CNS	CNS	CNS	CNS	CNS	A	A
Double	CNS	CNS	CNS	CNS	CNS	CNS	CNS	A
Notes: CNS = Conversion not supported A = ANSI 'C' type-conversion semantics

Table 3. Summary of Category Conversions

	Real	Complex
Real	Conversion	Conversion
Complex	CNS	Conversion
Notes: CNS = Conversion not supported Real->Complex: a -> a + 0i

Return Value Returns a new Array or returns NULL and sets an error code.

See Also DXExtractFloat, DXExtractInteger, DXExtractNthString, DXExtractParameter, DXExtractString, DXQueryArrayCommon, DXQueryArrayCommonV, DXQueryArrayConvert, DXQueryArrayConvertV, DXQueryParameter

12.8 , "Extracting Module Parameters".

[Data Explorer Home Page]