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18 Functions and data structures to store values of a categorical
19 variable, and to recode those values into binary vectors.
21 For some statistical models, it is necessary to change each value
22 of a categorical variable to a vector with binary entries. These
23 vectors are then stored as sub-rows within a matrix during
24 model-fitting. For example, we need functions and data strucutres to map a
25 value, say 'a', of a variable named 'cat_var', to a vector, say (0
26 1 0 0 0), and vice versa. We also need to be able to map the
27 vector back to the value 'a', and if the vector is a sub-row of a
28 matrix, we need to know which sub-row corresponds to the variable
37 #include <libpspp/message.h>
44 #define CAT_VALUE_NOT_FOUND -1
46 #define N_INITIAL_CATEGORIES 1
49 This structure contains the observed values of a
56 size_t n_allocated_categories; /* This is used only during
57 initialization to keep
58 track of the number of
61 size_t *value_counts; /* Element i stores the number of cases for which
62 the categorical variable has that corresponding
63 value. This is necessary for computing covariance
69 cat_stored_values_create (const struct variable *v)
71 if (!var_has_obs_vals (v))
73 struct cat_vals *obs_vals = xmalloc (sizeof *obs_vals);
75 obs_vals->n_categories = 0;
76 obs_vals->n_allocated_categories = N_INITIAL_CATEGORIES;
77 obs_vals->vals = xnmalloc (N_INITIAL_CATEGORIES, sizeof *obs_vals->vals);
78 obs_vals->value_counts = xnmalloc (N_INITIAL_CATEGORIES, sizeof *obs_vals->value_counts);
79 var_set_obs_vals (v, obs_vals);
84 cat_stored_values_destroy (struct cat_vals *obs_vals)
88 if (obs_vals->n_allocated_categories > 0)
90 free (obs_vals->vals);
91 free (obs_vals->value_counts);
98 Which subscript corresponds to val?
101 cat_value_find (const struct variable *v, const union value *val)
103 struct cat_vals *obs_vals = var_get_obs_vals (v);
105 const union value *candidate;
107 for (i = 0; i < obs_vals->n_categories; i++)
109 candidate = obs_vals->vals + i;
110 assert (candidate != NULL);
111 if (!compare_values_short (candidate, val, v))
116 return CAT_VALUE_NOT_FOUND;
120 Add the new value unless it is already present. Increment the count.
123 cat_value_update (const struct variable *v, const union value *val)
125 if (var_is_alpha (v))
128 struct cat_vals *cv = var_get_obs_vals (v);
129 i = cat_value_find (v, val);
130 if (i == CAT_VALUE_NOT_FOUND)
132 if (cv->n_categories >= cv->n_allocated_categories)
134 cv->n_allocated_categories *= 2;
135 cv->vals = xnrealloc (cv->vals,
136 cv->n_allocated_categories,
138 cv->value_counts = xnrealloc (cv->value_counts, cv->n_allocated_categories,
139 sizeof *cv->value_counts);
141 cv->vals[cv->n_categories] = *val;
142 cv->value_counts[cv->n_categories] = 1;
147 cv->value_counts[i]++;
152 Return the count for the sth category.
155 cat_get_category_count (const size_t s, const struct variable *v)
157 struct cat_vals *tmp;
160 tmp = var_get_obs_vals (v);
161 n_categories = cat_get_n_categories (v);
162 if (s < n_categories)
164 return tmp->value_counts[s];
166 return CAT_VALUE_NOT_FOUND;
170 cat_subscript_to_value (const size_t s, const struct variable *v)
172 struct cat_vals *obs_vals = var_get_obs_vals (v);
173 return s < obs_vals->n_categories ? obs_vals->vals + s : NULL;
177 Return the number of categories of a categorical variable.
180 cat_get_n_categories (const struct variable *v)
182 return var_get_obs_vals (v)->n_categories;