source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Functions/Multiplication.cs @ 179

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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 Multiplication : FunctionBase {
    public override string Description {
      get {
        return @"Returns the product of the results of all sub-tree.
  (* 3) => 3
  (* 2 3) => 6
  (* 3 4 5) => 60";
      }
    }

    public Multiplication()
      : 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) => 3
      // (* 2 3) => 6
      // (* 3 4 5) => 60
      double result = 1.0;
      for(int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++) {
        result *= args[i];
      }
      return result;
    }

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