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| ===== Multidimensional Support ===== | ===== Multidimensional Support ===== | ||
| - | TOOL handles multidimensional arrays (objects) in a way that makes the math as simple as working with single value variables. For example to multiply a population stock variable which is broken down by region(reg), gender(gen), time(t) and age(a) by a survival rate by only region time and age the math is simply: | + | TOOL handles multidimensional arrays (objects) in a way that makes the math as simple as working with single-value (or scalar) variables. For example to multiply a population stock variable which is broken down by region(reg), gender(gen), time(t) and age(a) by a survival rate by only region time and age the math is simply: |
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| survivors[reg,gen,t,a] = population[reg,gen,t,a] * survivalRate[reg,t,a] | survivors[reg,gen,t,a] = population[reg,gen,t,a] * survivalRate[reg,t,a] | ||
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