Element-by-element Greater Than or Equal To (.>=) ================================================== Purpose ------- Performs element-by-element comparisons to determine if elements of the first matrix, vector, or dataframe are greater than or equal to those of the second matrix, vector, or dataframe. Format ------ .. function:: c = a .>= b :param a: first matrix, vector, or dataframe. :type a: NxK matrix :param b: second matrix, vector, or dataframe ExE compatible with *a*. :type b: LxM matrix :return c: matrix of 1's (true) and 0's (false), where each element of *c* is 1 if the corresponding element of *a* is greater than or equal to the corresponding element of *b*, otherwise 0. :rtype c: max(N, L) by max(K, M) Examples -------- Example 1: Matrices of the same size ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ :: // Create a 2x2 matrix a = { 4 5, 6 7 }; // Create another 2x2 matrix b = { 3 5, 6 8 }; c = a .>= b; After the above code, *c* will equal: :: c = 1 1 1 0 Example 2: Matrix vs vector comparison ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If matrices are not the same size, they must match on one of the dimensions (ExE conformable). :: // Create a 2x3 matrix a = { 4 5 6, 7 8 9 }; // Create a 1x3 vector b = { 4 7 6 }; c = a .>= b; After the above code, *c* will equal: :: c = 1 0 1 1 1 1 Example 3: Row vector vs column vector comparison ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Row vectors and column vectors can be compared by expanding one to match the dimensions of the other through broadcasting. :: // Create a 1x4 vector a = { 4 5 6 7 }; // Create a 3x1 vector b = { 5, 3, 7 }; c = a .>= b; After the above code, *c* will equal: :: c = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 GAUSS internally expands the vectors to match each other. The above example is equivalent to comparing: :: // Expanded 3x4 matrix from vector 'a' a = { 4 5 6 7, 4 5 6 7, 4 5 6 7 }; // Expanded 3x4 matrix from vector 'b' b = { 5 5 5 5, 3 3 3 3, 7 7 7 7 }; c = a .>= b; This will set *c* equal to: :: c = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1