REPLICATE_VECTOR

Name

REPLICATE_VECTOR

Purpose

This function will replicate a provided vector as either the rows or
columns of a 2-dimensional array. This provides a utility similar to
the REPLICATE functions provided in IDL for scalar values.

Calling Sequence

Result = REPLICATE_VECTOR( vector, numberReplicates, COLUMNS=columns )

Inputs

vector
An n-dimensional valid IDL vector data element
numberReplicates
The number of times the vector should be replicated in the rows
of a 2-dimensional array

Keyword Parameters

COLUMNS
Set this keyword (/COLUMNS) if you'd like to replicate the vector
in the columns of the array rather than the default rows

Result

Result will be an nxN array with the provided n-dimensional vector
replicated in the N rows of this array. Result will be Nxn if the
/COLUMNS keyword was specified.

Side Effects

None

Requires

None

Modification History

Written by: Carl Salvaggio
September, 2009 Original code

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