Rank (computer programming) (original) (raw)
In computer programming, rank with no further specifications is usually a synonym for (or refers to) "number of dimensions"; thus, a two-dimensional array has rank two, a three-dimensional array has rank three and so on.Strictly, no formal definition can be provided which applies to every programming language, since each of them has its own concepts, semantics and terminology; the term may not even be applicable or, to the contrary, applied with a very specific meaning in the context of a given language. Given the code above the rank of a type T can be calculated at compile time by rank_v
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| dbo:abstract | In computer programming, rank with no further specifications is usually a synonym for (or refers to) "number of dimensions"; thus, a two-dimensional array has rank two, a three-dimensional array has rank three and so on.Strictly, no formal definition can be provided which applies to every programming language, since each of them has its own concepts, semantics and terminology; the term may not even be applicable or, to the contrary, applied with a very specific meaning in the context of a given language. In the case of APL the notion applies to every operand; and dyads ("binary functions") have a left rank and a right rank. The box below instead shows how rank of a type and rank of an array expression could be defined (in a semi-formal style) for C++ and illustrates a simple way to calculate them at compile time. #include #include /* Rank of a type * ------------- * * Let the rank of a type T be the number of its dimensions if * it is an array; zero otherwise (which is the usual convention) */template struct rank{ static const std::size_t value = 0;};template<typename T, std::size_t N>struct rank<T[N]>{ static const std::size_t value = 1 + rank::value;};template constexpr auto rank_v = rank::value;/* Rank of an expression * * Let the rank of an expression be the rank of its type */template using unqualified_t = std::remove_cv_t<std::remove_reference_t>; template auto rankof(T&& expr){ return rank_v<unqualified_t>;} Given the code above the rank of a type T can be calculated at compile time by rank::value or the shorter form rank_v Calculating the rank of an expression can be done using rankof(expr) (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | In computer programming, rank with no further specifications is usually a synonym for (or refers to) "number of dimensions"; thus, a two-dimensional array has rank two, a three-dimensional array has rank three and so on.Strictly, no formal definition can be provided which applies to every programming language, since each of them has its own concepts, semantics and terminology; the term may not even be applicable or, to the contrary, applied with a very specific meaning in the context of a given language. Given the code above the rank of a type T can be calculated at compile time by rank_v (en) |
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