source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Functions/Division.cs @ 174

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using System.Diagnostics;
using HeuristicLab.Constraints;
using System.Linq;
using HeuristicLab.DataAnalysis;

namespace HeuristicLab.Functions {
  public class Division : FunctionBase {
    private const double EPSILON = 10.0E-20; // if any divisor is < EPSILON return 0

    public override string Description {
      get {
        return @"Protected division
Divides the result of the first sub-tree by the results of the following sub-tree.
In case one of the divisors is 0 returns 0.
    (/ 3) => 1/3
    (/ 2 3) => 2/3
    (/ 3 4 5) => 3/20
    (/ 2 0 4) => 0
";
      }
    }

    public Division()
      : base() {
      // 2 - 3 seems like an reasonable defaut (used for +,-,*,/) (discussion with swinkler and maffenze)
      AddConstraint(new NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint(2, 3));
    }

    public override double Apply(Dataset dataset, int sampleIndex, double[] args) {
      // (/ 3) => 1/3
      // (/ 2 3) => 2/3
      // (/ 3 4 5) => 3/20

      if(args.Length == 1) {
        double divisor = args[0];
        if(Math.Abs(divisor) < EPSILON) return 0;
        else return 1.0 / divisor;
      } else {
        double result = args[0];
        for(int i = 1; i < args.Length; i++) {
          double divisor = args[i];
          if(Math.Abs(divisor) < EPSILON) return 0.0;
          result /= divisor;
        }
        return result;
      }
    }

    public override void Accept(IFunctionVisitor visitor) {
      visitor.Visit(this);
    }
  }
}