Re: Random Values (1-5) for a PDL?

I would like to initialize my pdl as 100x100 with random values in the range of 1-5

I don't know if it can be done in one line. Would the following be a satisfactory workaround:

$a = random(100, 100);
$a *= 4;
$a += 1;
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Update: As plobsing has demonstrated, it *can* be done in one line ... but it's really, really, really difficult :-)

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^2: Random Values (1-5) for a PDL? by plobsing (Friar) on Mar 06, 2009 at 02:22 UTC
Whats wrong with the following? `my $pdl = random(100, 100) * 4 + 1;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Random Values (1-5) for a PDL? by whakka (Hermit) on Mar 06, 2009 at 02:43 UTC
It's the same: `The following binary perl operators act on piddles: + * - / ** > < <= >= == != << >> \| & ^ ! % <=> these behave identically to their ordinary Perl equivalents, except th +ey act element-by-element on the whole piddle.` [download] ...but you probably already knew that. :)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Random Values (1-5) for a PDL? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 06, 2009 at 17:19 UTC
Thanks for all the input. This makes sense. I think I'm starting to get used to working with PDL, but there are still so many oddities that I'm unaware of. It has definitely been a learning process.	[reply]