[Scilab-users] Accidentally displaying huge matrices

[Lamy Alain]

It does not seem so simple to me. 

A = rand(1000, 1000); 

disp(A)
=> we probably don't want see all the values 
		
disp(A(1:100,1)) 
=> we probably expect to see all the elements from 1 to 100 (for debugging purposes)

A = [1,2; 3,4] 
=> we expect to see [1,2; 3,4] 

L = list of 1000 elements
disp(L) 
=> we don't necessarily want all the values displayed 
(but sometimes we want) 

etc... 

Maybe define a second function  ?

disp => displays in the "julia" way (for instance) 
disp_all =>  display all elements whatever the size (it's the user responsibility to limit the size to something reasonable) 

 	
Alain


-----Message d'origine-----
De : users [mailto:users-bounces at lists.scilab.org] De la part de Serge Steer
Envoyé : mercredi 27 mai 2015 09:41
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Objet : Re: [Scilab-users] Accidentally displaying huge matrices

For me displaying a huge matrix (or huge structure) on the screen has in general no interest. So it should be convenient to display only its size and type as it is done when displaying a struct which contain a large array:
-->S.A=rand(1000,1000)
S  =
 
   A: [1000x1000 constant]
This solution can be set as a default display mode, keeping others as options.