Mixed Type Variables in Julia

General Usage
1

Dear All,

How can we fix the issues from mixed type variable in Julia? now I convert these loops from Matlab to Julia; However, It seems not working in Julia …

Matlab

p = 1.0;
pr = 3.0;
tp = 2.0;
for i = 1:fix(pr/2)
inv = 1/nchoosek(pr,i);
mpi = min(p,i);
for j = max(0,i-tp):mpi
bezalfs(i+1,j+1) = inv*nchoosek(p,j)*nchoosek(tp,i-j);
bezalfs(pr-i+1,p-j+1) = bezalfs(i+1,j+1);
end
end

Julia:

p = 1.0
pr = 3.0
tp = 2.0
bezalfs = Array{Float64}(undef, 4, 2)

for i = 1:round(pr/2)
inv = 1/binomial(pr,i)
mpi = min(p,i)
for j = max(0,i-tp):mpi
bezalfs[i+1,j+1] = inv*binomial(p,j)*binomial(tp,i-j);
bezalfs[pr-i+1,p-j+1] = bezalfs[i+1,j+1];
end
end

Solution(Matlab)

bezalfs =

     0         0
0.6667    0.3333
0.3333    0.6667

Question: how can we solve this bug in a brilliant way in Julia?

2

It would help if you could include the error message, or what’s wrong with the output. However you may be looking for ÷, as in Mathematics · The Julia Language

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3

@improbable22 is right. Use div(pr, 2) or pr ÷ 2 or pr >> 1 instead of round(pr/2), to get an integer.

Also, your preallocated matrix is 4-by-2 instead of 3-by-2 (you should probably calculate that size instead of hardcoding it, though).

Furthermore, please wrap your code in triple backticks (```), to make it easier to read, like this:

p = 1
pr = 3
tp = 2
bezalfs = Array{Float64}(undef, 3, 2)  # <- 3 not 4
for i in 1:div(pr, 2)  # div not /
    inv = 1/binomial(pr,i)
    mpi = min(p,i)
    for j in max(0,i-tp):mpi
        bezalfs[i+1,j+1] = inv*binomial(p,j)*binomial(tp,i-j);
        bezalfs[pr-i+1,p-j+1] = bezalfs[i+1,j+1];
    end
end
4

BTW, I see that I pointed you to this thread (Please read: make it easier to help you) less than a week ago, and specifically mentioned the use of triple backticks.

It would perhaps be a good idea to re-read that post.

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5

Thanks for your answer!

p = 1.0
pr = 3.0
tp = 2.0
bezalfs = Array{Float64}(undef, 3, 2)  # <- 3 not 4
for i in 1:div(pr, 2)  # div not /
    inv = 1/binomial(pr,i)
    mpi = min(p,i)
    for j in max(0,i-tp):mpi
        bezalfs[i+1,j+1] = inv*binomial(p,j)*binomial(tp,i-j);
        bezalfs[pr-i+1,p-j+1] = bezalfs[i+1,j+1];
    end
end

if input variable is double type, how can we deal with it brilliantly in Julia?

6

What’s the input variable? Does “double” mean Float64?

7

yes,

In Matlab, we can use

 p = 1.0
pr = 3.0
tp = 2.0

But in Julia,


p = 1.0
pr = 3.0
tp = 2.0

will never work, untill we switch these to integer variable …

8

Assuming I understand the question correctly, you can use floor(Int, pr/i) or Int(div(pr, i)). That should work both for integers and floats.

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9

yes, you are fully correkt! but why do we need JuliaStats/Distributions.jl package to solve this problem? such solution seems too too complex.

10

You don’t need it. Why do you think that you do?

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