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Re: Handling multiple results from combinations

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"Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> wrote on 25 Jan 2017 in
comp.lang.javascript: 

> Evertjan. wrote:
> 
>> Okay, so in JS:
>> 
>> <script type='text/javascript'> 'use strict'
>> 
>> // true/false list for a [5 variable] Karnaugh map
>> let a = 1;
>> let b = 1;
>> let c = 1;
>> let d = 0;
>> let e = 0;
>> 
>> // Karnaugh resultarray 2*5 = 32 
>> // members may be any [executable?] text 
>> let k = ['r0','r1','r2','r3',
>>      'r4','r5','r6','r7',
>>      'r8','r9','r10','r11',
>>      'r12','r13','r14','r15' 
>>      // etc till 'r31'
>>      ];
>> 
>> let temp = 1*a + 2*b + 4*c + 8*d + 16*e;
>> 
>> // the result can also be evilly eval()-ed:
>> alert('Result: ' + k[temp] );
>> 
>> </script>
> 
> I think you misunderstand the purpose of a K-Map. It's for
> simplification of compound Boolean expressions. 

You might certainly think so, 
but this is not about the PURPOSE of a K-Map,
which is not quite part of its definition.

This is about the solution of ...

> The potential
> application for the OP would be to reduce the number of if-else
> statements. 

indeed, which my example posed.

> IIUC, you're thinking of this in terms of a degenerate
> Incidence matrix [1] 

You might certainly think so, 
but I think I am in a less degenerate position to 
grasp what I think.

> [1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidence_matrix>

I reduced the number of if-else statements to ZERO.

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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Handling multiple results from combinations Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-24 14:44 +1100
  Re: Handling multiple results from combinations Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-01-24 05:34 +0100
    Re: Handling multiple results from combinations Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-01-24 16:54 +1100
      Re: Handling multiple results from combinations Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-01-24 07:14 +0100
  Re: Handling multiple results from combinations "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-01-23 22:31 -0800
    Re: Handling multiple results from combinations "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-01-24 11:27 +0100
      Re: Handling multiple results from combinations "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-01-24 16:41 -0800
        Re: Handling multiple results from combinations "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-01-25 11:17 +0100
          Re: Handling multiple results from combinations "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-01-25 05:19 -0800
            Re: Handling multiple results from combinations "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-01-25 06:25 -0800
            Re: Handling multiple results from combinations "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-01-25 17:37 +0100
              Re: Handling multiple results from combinations "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-01-25 08:47 -0800
  Re: Handling multiple results from combinations Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-24 14:22 +0000
  Re: Handling multiple results from combinations Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2017-01-24 20:17 +0000
    Re: Handling multiple results from combinations "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-01-24 16:47 -0800
  Re: Handling multiple results from combinations Dr J R Stockton <reply1700@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-01-25 22:45 +0000
    Re: Handling multiple results from combinations "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-01-25 17:53 -0800
      Re: Handling multiple results from combinations Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-01-26 23:21 +0100

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