I am new to Leaflet. I am using QGIS2Leaf plugin to build a webmap with several layers, but I only want one or two layers to display when the map initially open. In the HTML doc QGIS2Leaf plugin creates for me it says:
//add comment sign to hide this layer on the map in the initial view.
I cannot figure out what the comment sign being referred to is. Please help.
They're referring to the javascript comment sign: //. There are two ways to comment in javascript, single line and multiline. To comment a single line you prepend a double slash: //. In the example below b never gets declared:
var a = 1;
// var b = 2;
var c = 3;
To comment multiple lines you prepend /* and append */ to the lines you want to comment. In the example below b and c never get declared:
var a = 1;
/* var b = 2;
var c = 3; */
var d = 4;
Or equivalent:
var a = 1;
/*
var b = 2;
var c = 3;
*/
var d = 4;
Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Lexical_grammar
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I declared some variables comprising of simple row vectors which represents input parameters for another function. Within a loop these variables should be used and the result will be assigned to a structure.
Now, my question is how to best access the content of the predefined variables. I found a solution using eval. However, I often read that the usage of eval should be avoided. Apparently it's not best practice. So, what's best practice for my problem?
varABC = [1,2,3];
varDEF = [4,5,6];
varGHI = [7,8,9];
names = {'ABC','DEF','GHI'};
result = {'result1','result2','result3'};
for i = 1 : 3
varString = strcat('var',names{i});
test.(result{i}) = sum(eval(varString));
end
I would suggest rewriting your code a little bit
names = {'ABC','DEF','GHI'};
result = {'result1','result2','result3'};
option 1
% Use struct instead of a simple variable
var.ABC = [1,2,3];
var.DEF = [4,5,6];
var.GHI = [7,8,9];
for i = 1 : 3
test.(result{i}) = sum(var.(names{i}));
end
option 2
% Use dictionary
c = containers.Map;
c('ABC') = [1,2,3];
c('DEF') = [4,5,6];
c('GHI') = [7,8,9];
for i = 1 : 3
test.(result{i}) = sum(c(names{i}));
end
So I've got a struct, settings, which contains three fields, averageValue, heightLabels and heights.
settings.averageValue = 7.5121 7.2742 7.4602
settings.heights = 105.1000 105.2000 105.3000
I'm looping through these with the following code:
for m = 1:length(settings.averageValue)
settings.heightLabels(m) = {sprintf{'%.1f %s', settings.heights(m), 'm')};
end
However, I get the error "Conversion to char from cell is not possible.". Any ideas?
Well, I get your question now. Let's say you have variables A,B,C,D which you want to club together in a struct variable. Here's how you do it:
settings.A = A;
settings.B = B;
settings.C = C;
settings.D = D;
settings is a struct variable now, and if you want to access A, you refer to it as:
disp(settings.A) %display A
settings.A = 10; %edit A
newA = settings.A; %assign A to a new variable
Pass settings to a function, do whatever.
Okay guys I figured it out. It was a datatype question; my struct field was supposed to be a cell but it was a string. Rather embarrassing.
I resolved the problem with the following code when creating the struct fields:
settings.averageValue = {};
settings.heightLabels = {};
Thanks for your help!
I have a very large structure array in matlab. Suppose, for argument's sake, to simplify the situation, I have something like:
structure(1).name = 'a';
structure(2).name = 'b';
structure(3).name = 'c';
structure(1).returns = 1;
structure(2).returns = 2;
structure(3).returns = 3;
Now suppose I have some condition that comes along and makes me want to delete everything from structure(2) (any and all entries in my structure array). What is a good way to do that?
My solution has been to just set the corresponding fields to [] (e.g. structure(1).name = [];), but that doesn't remove them, that only makes them empty. How do I actually remove them completely from the structure array? Is there a way?
simple if you want to delete element at index i do the following:
i = 3
structure(i) = [];
And that will remove element at index 3.
Example:
st.name = 'text';
st.id = 1524;
arrayOfSt = [st st st st st];
Now:
arrayOfSt =
1x5 struct array with fields:
name
id
If we execute:
arrayOfSt(2) = [];
then the new value of the array of structers will be:
arrayOfSt =
1x4 struct array with fields:
name
id
Try it !
Is it possible to iterate through a MATLAB structure numerically like a vector instead of using the field names?
Simply, I am trying to do the following inside an EML block for Simulink:
S.a.type = 1;
S.a.val = 100;
S.a.somevar = 123;
S.b.type = 2;
S.b.val = 200;
S.b.somevar2 = 234;
S.c.type = 3;
S.c.val = 300;
S.c.somevar3 = 345;
for i = 1:length(s)
itemType = S(i).type;
switch itemType
case 1
val = S(i).val * S(i).somevar1;
case 2
val = S(i).val * S(i).somevar2;
case 3
val = S(i).val * S(i).somevar3;
otherwise
val = 0
end
end
disp(var);
You should be able to generate the fieldnames dynamically using sprintf using something like the following:
for i = 1:length(s)
theFieldName = sprintf('somevar%d', S(i).type);
val = S(i).val * getfield(S(i), theFieldName);
end
You need to use the field names, but you can do so dynamically. If you have a structure defined as:
s.field1 = 'foo';
s.field2 = 'bar';
Then you can access the field field1 with either
s.field1
s.('field1')
The only thing you need is the function fieldnames to dynamically get the field names such that your code example will look somewhat like
elements = fieldnames(S);
for iElement = 1:numel(elements)
element = S.(elements{iElement});
itemType = element.type;
switch itemType
case 1
val = element.val * element.somevar1;
case 2
val = element.val * element.somevar2;
case 3
val = element.val * element.somevar3;
end
end
If those are the exact field names, you should do some other things. First of all you would need to rethink your names and secondly you could use part of Matt's solution to simplify your code.
I want to combine two structures with differing fields names.
For example, starting with:
A.field1 = 1;
A.field2 = 'a';
B.field3 = 2;
B.field4 = 'b';
I would like to have:
C.field1 = 1;
C.field2 = 'a';
C.field3 = 2;
C.field4 = 'b';
Is there a more efficient way than using "fieldnames" and a for loop?
EDIT: Let's assume that in the case of field name conflicts we give preference to A.
Without collisions, you can do
M = [fieldnames(A)' fieldnames(B)'; struct2cell(A)' struct2cell(B)'];
C=struct(M{:});
And this is reasonably efficient. However, struct errors on duplicate fieldnames, and pre-checking for them using unique kills performance to the point that a loop is better. But here's what it would look like:
M = [fieldnames(A)' fieldnames(B)'; struct2cell(A)' struct2cell(B)'];
[tmp, rows] = unique(M(1,:), 'last');
M=M(:, rows);
C=struct(M{:});
You might be able to make a hybrid solution by assuming no conflicts and using a try/catch around the call to struct to gracefully degrade to the conflict handling case.
Short answer: setstructfields (if you have the Signal Processing Toolbox).
The official solution is posted by Loren Shure on her MathWorks blog, and demonstrated by SCFrench here and in Eitan T's answer to a different question. However, if you have the Signal Processing Toolbox, a simple undocumented function does this already - setstructfields.
help setstructfields
setstructfields Set fields of a structure using another structure
setstructfields(STRUCTIN, NEWFIELDS) Set fields of STRUCTIN using
another structure NEWFIELDS fields. If fields exist in STRUCTIN
but not in NEWFIELDS, they will not be changed.
Internally it uses fieldnames and a for loop, so it is a convenience function with error checking and recursion for fields that are themselves structs.
Example
The "original" struct:
% struct with fields 'color' and 'count'
s = struct('color','orange','count',2)
s =
color: 'orange'
count: 2
A second struct containing a new value for 'count', and a new field, 'shape':
% struct with fields 'count' and 'shape'
s2 = struct('count',4,'shape','round')
s2 =
count: 4
shape: 'round'
Calling setstructfields:
>> s = setstructfields(s,s2)
s =
color: 'orange'
count: 4
shape: 'round'
The field 'count' is updated. The field 'shape' is added. The field 'color' remains unchanged.
NOTE: Since the function is undocumented, it may change or be removed at any time.
I have found a nice solution on File Exchange: catstruct.
Without testing the performance I can say that it did exactly what I wanted.
It can deal with duplicate fields of course.
Here is how it works:
a.f1 = 1;
a.f2 = 2;
b.f2 = 3;
b.f4 = 4;
s = catstruct(a,b)
Will give
s =
f1: 1
f2: 3
f3: 4
I don't think you can handle conflicts well w/o a loop, nor do I think you'd need to avoid one. (although I suppose efficiency could be an issue w/ many many fields...)
I use a function I wrote a few years back called setdefaults.m, which combines one structure with the values of another structure, where one takes precedence over the other in case of conflict.
% SETDEFAULTS sets the default structure values
% SOUT = SETDEFAULTS(S, SDEF) reproduces in S
% all the structure fields, and their values, that exist in
% SDEF that do not exist in S.
% SOUT = SETDEFAULTS(S, SDEF, OVERRIDE) does
% the same function as above, but if OVERRIDE is 1,
% it copies all fields of SDEF to SOUT.
function sout = setdefaults(s,sdef,override)
if (not(exist('override','var')))
override = 0;
end
sout = s;
for f = fieldnames(sdef)'
cf = char(f);
if (override | not(isfield(sout,cf)))
sout = setfield(sout,cf,getfield(sdef,cf));
end
end
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that the "override" input is unnecessary (you can just switch the order of the inputs) though I'm not 100% sure of that... so here's a simpler rewrite (setdefaults2.m):
% SETDEFAULTS2 sets the default structure values
% SOUT = SETDEFAULTS(S, SDEF) reproduces in S
% all the structure fields, and their values, that exist in
% SDEF that do not exist in S.
function sout = setdefaults2(s,sdef)
sout = sdef;
for f = fieldnames(s)'
sout = setfield(sout,f{1},getfield(s,f{1}));
end
and some samples to test it:
>> S1 = struct('a',1,'b',2,'c',3);
>> S2 = struct('b',4,'c',5,'d',6);
>> setdefaults2(S1,S2)
ans =
b: 2
c: 3
d: 6
a: 1
>> setdefaults2(S2,S1)
ans =
a: 1
b: 4
c: 5
d: 6
In C, a struct can have another struct as one of it's members. While this isn't exactly the same as what you're asking, you could end up either with a situation where one struct contains another, or one struct contains two structs, both of which hold parts of the info that you wanted.
psuedocode: i don't remember the actual syntax.
A.field1 = 1;
A.field2 = 'a';
A.field3 = struct B;
to access:
A.field3.field4;
or something of the sort.
Or you could have struct C hold both an A and a B:
C.A = struct A;
C.B = struct B;
with access then something like
C.A.field1;
C.A.field2;
C.B.field3;
C.B.field4;
hope this helps!
EDIT: both of these solutions avoid naming collisions.
Also, I didn't see your matlab tag. By convention, you should want to edit the question to include that piece of info.