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Re: st: how to summarize a big matrix
From
Matthew Baker <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: how to summarize a big matrix
Date
Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:49:03 -0400
Wu --
The mata function sum() adds up everything in an arbitrary matrix, I
believe, so you might get your matrix into mata and compute the sum
that way, and then return the result as a scalar to stata. For
example:
mat Z=1,2,3 \ 4,5,6 \7,8,9
mata:
Z=st_matrix("Z")
sum=sum(Z)
st_numscalar("sum",sum)
end
display sum
For even very large matrices, the mata "sum" function is quite fast, I
have found.
Hope that helps!
Matt Baker
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Wu Zhang <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am required to investigate the elements of a big matrix(1000X1000); what I am trying to do now is to VEC the matrix and change it into a variable, then use "sum" in stata. But that is very slow.
>
> I am just wondering whether there is an easier way to summarize the matrix directly? By the way, the matrix is symmetric.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Wu
>
>
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Dr. Matthew J. Baker
Department of Economics
Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
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