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You can perform calculations directly on tables and timetables without extracting their data by indexing. To perform direct calculations with the same syntaxes used for arrays, your tables and timetables must meet several conditions:
All variables of your tables and timetables must have data types that support calculations.
If you perform an operation where only one operand is a table or timetable, then the other operand must be a numeric or logical array.
If you perform an operation where both operands are tables or timetables, then they must have compatible sizes.
This example shows how perform operations without indexing into your tables and timetables. You can also call common mathematical and statistical functions, such as sum, mean, and c*msum. This example also shows how to perform operations on tables and timetables when their rows and variables are in different orders but have matching names (or, in the case of timetables, matching row times). For a complete list of supported functions and operations, as well as related rules for their use, see Rules for Table and Timetable Mathematics.
Before R2023a, or for tables and timetables that have a mix of numeric and nonnumeric variables, see Calculations When Tables Have Both Numeric and Nonnumeric Data.
Multiply Table by Scale Factors
A simple arithmetic operation is to scale a table by a constant. If all your table variables support multiplication, then you can scale your table without extracting data from it.
For example, read data from a CSV (comma-separated values) file, testScoresNumeric.csv, into a table by using the readtable function. The sample file contains 10 test scores for each of three tests.
testScores = readtable("testScoresNumeric.csv")testScores=10×3 table Test1 Test2 Test3 _____ _____ _____ 90 87 93 87 85 83 86 85 88 75 80 72 89 86 87 96 92 98 78 75 77 91 94 92 86 83 85 79 76 82 The test scores are based on a 100-point scale. To convert them to scores on a 25-point scale, multiply the table by 0.25. To multiply tables and timetables, use the times operator, .*.
scaledScores = testScores .* 0.25
scaledScores=10×3 table Test1 Test2 Test3 _____ _____ _____ 22.5 21.75 23.25 21.75 21.25 20.75 21.5 21.25 22 18.75 20 18 22.25 21.5 21.75 24 23 24.5 19.5 18.75 19.25 22.75 23.5 23 21.5 20.75 21.25 19.75 19 20.5If different tests have different scales, then you can multiply the table by a vector. When you perform operations where one operand is a table or timetable, then the other operand must be a scalar, vector, matrix, table, or timetable that has a compatible size.
For example, use a row vector to weight each test by a different factor.
weightedScores = testScores .* [0.2 0.3 0.5]
weightedScores=10×3 table Test1 Test2 Test3 _____ _____ _____ 18 26.1 46.5 17.4 25.5 41.5 17.2 25.5 44 15 24 36 17.8 25.8 43.5 19.2 27.6 49 15.6 22.5 38.5 18.2 28.2 46 17.2 24.9 42.5 15.8 22.8 41 Calculate Sum and Mean of Table
Tables also support common mathematical and statistical functions. For example, calculate the sum of the weighted test scores across each row of the table. To sum across rows, specify the second dimension of the table when you call sum.
sumScores = sum(weightedScores,2)
sumScores=10×1 table sum ____ 90.6 84.4 86.7 75 87.1 95.8 76.6 92.4 84.6 79.6To calculate the mean score of each test, use the mean function. By default, mean calculates along the variables, the first dimension of the table.
meanScores = mean(weightedScores)
meanScores=1×3 table Test1 Test2 Test3 _____ _____ _____ 17.14 25.29 42.85Calculate Cumulative Sum of Timetable
Timetables support the same operations and mathematical and statistical functions that tables support.
For example, load a timetable that records the main shock amplitude of an earthquake over a period of 50 seconds, sampled at 200 Hz. The three timetable variables correspond to three directional components of the shockwave as measured by an accelerometer.
load quakeDataquakeDataquakeData=10001×3 timetable Time EastWest NorthSouth Vertical _________ ________ __________ ________ 0.005 sec 5 3 0 0.01 sec 5 3 0 0.015 sec 5 2 0 0.02 sec 5 2 0 0.025 sec 5 2 0 0.03 sec 5 2 0 0.035 sec 5 1 0 0.04 sec 5 1 0 0.045 sec 5 1 0 0.05 sec 5 0 0 0.055 sec 5 0 0 0.06 sec 5 0 0 0.065 sec 5 0 0 0.07 sec 5 0 0 0.075 sec 5 0 0 0.08 sec 5 0 0 ⋮Calculate the propagation speed of the shockwave. First, multiply the timetable by the gravitational acceleration.
quakeData = 0.098 .* quakeData
quakeData=10001×3 timetable Time EastWest NorthSouth Vertical _________ ________ __________ ________ 0.005 sec 0.49 0.294 0 0.01 sec 0.49 0.294 0 0.015 sec 0.49 0.196 0 0.02 sec 0.49 0.196 0 0.025 sec 0.49 0.196 0 0.03 sec 0.49 0.196 0 0.035 sec 0.49 0.098 0 0.04 sec 0.49 0.098 0 0.045 sec 0.49 0.098 0 0.05 sec 0.49 0 0 0.055 sec 0.49 0 0 0.06 sec 0.49 0 0 0.065 sec 0.49 0 0 0.07 sec 0.49 0 0 0.075 sec 0.49 0 0 0.08 sec 0.49 0 0 ⋮Then calculate the propagation speed by integrating the acceleration data. You can approximate the integration by calculating the cumulative sum of each variable. Scale the cumulative sums by the time step of the timetable. The c*msum function returns a timetable that has the same size and the same row times as the input.
speedQuake = (1/200) .* c*msum(quakeData)
speedQuake=10001×3 timetable Time EastWest NorthSouth Vertical _________ ________ __________ ________ 0.005 sec 0.00245 0.00147 0 0.01 sec 0.0049 0.00294 0 0.015 sec 0.00735 0.00392 0 0.02 sec 0.0098 0.0049 0 0.025 sec 0.01225 0.00588 0 0.03 sec 0.0147 0.00686 0 0.035 sec 0.01715 0.00735 0 0.04 sec 0.0196 0.00784 0 0.045 sec 0.02205 0.00833 0 0.05 sec 0.0245 0.00833 0 0.055 sec 0.02695 0.00833 0 0.06 sec 0.0294 0.00833 0 0.065 sec 0.03185 0.00833 0 0.07 sec 0.0343 0.00833 0 0.075 sec 0.03675 0.00833 0 0.08 sec 0.0392 0.00833 0 ⋮Calculate the means of the scaled cumulative sums. The mean function returns the output as a one-row table.
meanQuake = mean(speedQuake)
meanQuake=1×3 table EastWest NorthSouth Vertical ________ __________ ________ 4.6145 -11.51 -7.2437 Center the scaled cumulative sums by subtracting the means. The output is a timetable with the propagation speeds for each component.
speedQuake = speedQuake - meanQuake
speedQuake=10001×3 timetable Time EastWest NorthSouth Vertical _________ ________ __________ ________ 0.005 sec -4.6121 11.511 7.2437 0.01 sec -4.6096 11.513 7.2437 0.015 sec -4.6072 11.514 7.2437 0.02 sec -4.6047 11.515 7.2437 0.025 sec -4.6023 11.516 7.2437 0.03 sec -4.5998 11.517 7.2437 0.035 sec -4.5974 11.517 7.2437 0.04 sec -4.5949 11.518 7.2437 0.045 sec -4.5925 11.518 7.2437 0.05 sec -4.59 11.518 7.2437 0.055 sec -4.5876 11.518 7.2437 0.06 sec -4.5851 11.518 7.2437 0.065 sec -4.5827 11.518 7.2437 0.07 sec -4.5802 11.518 7.2437 0.075 sec -4.5778 11.518 7.2437 0.08 sec -4.5753 11.518 7.2437 ⋮Operations with Rows and Variables in Different Orders
Tables and timetables have variables, and the variables have names. Table rows can also have row names. And timetable rows always have row times. When operating on two tables or timetables, their variables and rows must meet these conditions:
Both operands must have the same size, or one of them must be a one-row table.
Both operands must have variables with the same names. However, the variables in each operand can be in a different order.
If both operands are tables and have row names, then their row names must be the same. However, the row names in each operand can be in a different order.
If both operands are timetables, then their row times must be the same. However, the row times in each operand can be in a different order.
For example, create two tables and add them. These tables have variable names but no row names. The variables are in the same order.
A = table([1;2],[3;4],VariableNames=["V1","V2"])
A=2×2 table V1 V2 __ __ 1 3 2 4 B = table([1;3],[2;4],VariableNames=["V1","V2"])
B=2×2 table V1 V2 __ __ 1 2 3 4 C = A + B
C=2×2 table V1 V2 __ __ 2 5 5 8 Now create two tables that have row names and variables in different orders.
A = table([1;2],[3;4],VariableNames=["V1","V2"],RowNames=["R1","R2"])
A=2×2 table V1 V2 __ __ R1 1 3 R2 2 4 B = table([4;2],[3;1],VariableNames=["V2","V1"],RowNames=["R2","R1"])
B=2×2 table V2 V1 __ __ R2 4 3 R1 2 1 Add the tables. The result is a table that has variables and rows in the same orders as the variables and rows of the first table in the expression.
C = A + B
C=2×2 table V1 V2 __ __ R1 2 5 R2 5 8 Similarly, add two timetables. The result is a timetable with variables and row times in the same orders as in the first timetable.
A = timetable(seconds([15;30]),[1;2],[3;4],VariableNames=["V1","V2"])
A=2×2 timetable Time V1 V2 ______ __ __ 15 sec 1 3 30 sec 2 4 B = timetable(seconds([30;15]),[4;2],[3;1],VariableNames=["V2","V1"])
B=2×2 timetable Time V2 V1 ______ __ __ 30 sec 4 3 15 sec 2 1 C = A + B
C=2×2 timetable Time V1 V2 ______ __ __ 15 sec 2 5 30 sec 5 8 See Also
table | timetable | readtable
Related Topics
- Access Data in Tables
- Clean Messy and Missing Data in Tables
- Data Cleaning and Calculations in Tables
- Grouped Calculations in Tables and Timetables
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