README.md

gasum

Calculate the sum of absolute values for all elements in a one-dimensional ndarray.

The L1 norm is defined as

$$\|\mathbf{x}\|_1 = \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} \vert x_i \vert$$

Usage

var gasum = require( '@stdlib/blas/base/ndarray/gasum' );

gasum( arrays )

Computes the sum of absolute values for all elements in a one-dimensional ndarray.

var ndarray = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/ctor' );

var xbuf = [ 1.0, -2.0, 3.0, -4.0, 5.0 ];
var x = new ndarray( 'generic', xbuf, [ 5 ], [ 1 ], 0, 'row-major' );

var y = gasum( [ x ] );
// returns 15.0

The function has the following parameters:

• arrays: array-like object containing a one-dimensional input ndarray.

Examples

var discreteUniform = require( '@stdlib/random/array/discrete-uniform' );
var ndarray = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/ctor' );
var ndarray2array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/to-array' );
var gasum = require( '@stdlib/blas/base/ndarray/gasum' );

var opts = {
    'dtype': 'generic'
};

var xbuf = discreteUniform( 10, -500, 500, opts );
var x = new ndarray( opts.dtype, xbuf, [ xbuf.length ], [ 1 ], 0, 'row-major' );
console.log( ndarray2array( x ) );

var out = gasum( [ x ] );
console.log( out );