Method getThisSide

JSAT/src/jsat/linear/Vec.java:71–84

Returns a suitable vector that can be altered for some function of the form a op b, where a = this @param other the other vector. May be null @return the mutable vector

(Vec other)

     * @return the mutable vector 
     */
    private Vec getThisSide(Vec other)
    {
        if (this.canBeMutated())
            return this.clone();
        if (other == null)
            if (this.isSparse())
                return new SparseVector(this);
            else
                return new DenseVector(this);
        if (this.isSparse() && other.isSparse())
            return new SparseVector(this);
        else
            return new DenseVector(this);
    }

    /**
     * Computes the number of non zero values in this vector