/** Computes the difference between two given attribute values. */
protected double difference(int index, double val1, double val2) {
switch (m_instances.attribute(index).type()) {
case Attribute.NOMINAL:
// If attribute is nominal
if (Instance.isMissingValue(val1)
|| Instance.isMissingValue(val2)
|| ((int) val1 != (int) val2)) {
return 1;
} else {
return 0;
}
case Attribute.NUMERIC:
// If attribute is numeric
if (Instance.isMissingValue(val1) || Instance.isMissingValue(val2)) {
if (Instance.isMissingValue(val1) && Instance.isMissingValue(val2)) {
return 1;
} else {
double diff;
if (Instance.isMissingValue(val2)) {
diff = norm(val1, index);
} else {
diff = norm(val2, index);
}
if (diff < 0.5) {
diff = 1.0 - diff;
}
return diff;
}
} else {
return norm(val1, index) - norm(val2, index);
}
default:
return 0;
}
}
/** Main method for testing this class. */
public static void main(String[] options) {
try {
// Create numeric attributes "length" and "weight"
Attribute length = new Attribute("length");
Attribute weight = new Attribute("weight");
// Create vector to hold nominal values "first", "second", "third"
FastVector my_nominal_values = new FastVector(3);
my_nominal_values.addElement("first");
my_nominal_values.addElement("second");
// Create nominal attribute "position"
Attribute position = new Attribute("position", my_nominal_values);
// Create vector of the above attributes
FastVector attributes = new FastVector(3);
attributes.addElement(length);
attributes.addElement(weight);
attributes.addElement(position);
// Create the empty dataset "race" with above attributes
Instances race = new Instances("race", attributes, 0);
// Make position the class attribute
race.setClassIndex(position.index());
// Create empty instance with three attribute values
BinarySparseInstance inst = new BinarySparseInstance(3);
// Set instance's values for the attributes "length", "weight", and "position"
inst.setValue(length, (float) 5.3);
inst.setValue(weight, 300);
inst.setValue(position, "first");
// Set instance's dataset to be the dataset "race"
inst.setDataset(race);
// Print the instance
System.out.println("The instance: " + inst);
// Print the first attribute
System.out.println("First attribute: " + inst.attribute(0));
// Print the class attribute
System.out.println("Class attribute: " + inst.classAttribute());
// Print the class index
System.out.println("Class index: " + inst.classIndex());
// Say if class is missing
System.out.println("Class is missing: " + inst.classIsMissing());
// Print the instance's class value in internal format
System.out.println("Class value (internal format): " + inst.classValue());
// Print a shallow copy of this instance
SparseInstance copy = (SparseInstance) inst.copy();
System.out.println("Shallow copy: " + copy);
// Set dataset for shallow copy
copy.setDataset(inst.dataset());
System.out.println("Shallow copy with dataset set: " + copy);
// Print out all values in internal format
System.out.print("All stored values in internal format: ");
for (int i = 0; i < inst.numValues(); i++) {
if (i > 0) {
System.out.print(",");
}
System.out.print(inst.valueSparse(i));
}
System.out.println();
// Set all values to zero
System.out.print("All values set to zero: ");
while (inst.numValues() > 0) {
inst.setValueSparse(0, 0);
}
for (int i = 0; i < inst.numValues(); i++) {
if (i > 0) {
System.out.print(",");
}
System.out.print(inst.valueSparse(i));
}
System.out.println();
// Set all values to one
System.out.print("All values set to one: ");
for (int i = 0; i < inst.numAttributes(); i++) {
inst.setValue(i, 1);
}
for (int i = 0; i < inst.numValues(); i++) {
if (i > 0) {
System.out.print(",");
}
System.out.print(inst.valueSparse(i));
}
System.out.println();
// Unset dataset for copy, delete first attribute, and insert it again
copy.setDataset(null);
copy.deleteAttributeAt(0);
copy.insertAttributeAt(0);
copy.setDataset(inst.dataset());
System.out.println("Copy with first attribute deleted and inserted: " + copy);
// Same for second attribute
copy.setDataset(null);
copy.deleteAttributeAt(1);
copy.insertAttributeAt(1);
copy.setDataset(inst.dataset());
System.out.println("Copy with second attribute deleted and inserted: " + copy);
// Same for last attribute
copy.setDataset(null);
copy.deleteAttributeAt(2);
copy.insertAttributeAt(2);
copy.setDataset(inst.dataset());
System.out.println("Copy with third attribute deleted and inserted: " + copy);
// Enumerate attributes (leaving out the class attribute)
System.out.println("Enumerating attributes (leaving out class):");
Enumeration enu = inst.enumerateAttributes();
while (enu.hasMoreElements()) {
Attribute att = (Attribute) enu.nextElement();
System.out.println(att);
}
// Headers are equivalent?
System.out.println("Header of original and copy equivalent: " + inst.equalHeaders(copy));
// Test for missing values
System.out.println("Length of copy missing: " + copy.isMissing(length));
System.out.println("Weight of copy missing: " + copy.isMissing(weight.index()));
System.out.println("Length of copy missing: " + Instance.isMissingValue(copy.value(length)));
System.out.println("Missing value coded as: " + Instance.missingValue());
// Prints number of attributes and classes
System.out.println("Number of attributes: " + copy.numAttributes());
System.out.println("Number of classes: " + copy.numClasses());
// Replace missing values
float[] meansAndModes = {2, 3, 0};
copy.replaceMissingValues(meansAndModes);
System.out.println("Copy with missing value replaced: " + copy);
// Setting and getting values and weights
copy.setClassMissing();
System.out.println("Copy with missing class: " + copy);
copy.setClassValue(0);
System.out.println("Copy with class value set to first value: " + copy);
copy.setClassValue("second");
System.out.println("Copy with class value set to \"second\": " + copy);
copy.setMissing(1);
System.out.println("Copy with second attribute set to be missing: " + copy);
copy.setMissing(length);
System.out.println("Copy with length set to be missing: " + copy);
copy.setValue(0, 0);
System.out.println("Copy with first attribute set to 0: " + copy);
copy.setValue(weight, 1);
System.out.println("Copy with weight attribute set to 1: " + copy);
copy.setValue(position, "second");
System.out.println("Copy with position set to \"second\": " + copy);
copy.setValue(2, "first");
System.out.println("Copy with last attribute set to \"first\": " + copy);
System.out.println("Current weight of instance copy: " + copy.weight());
copy.setWeight(2);
System.out.println("Current weight of instance copy (set to 2): " + copy.weight());
System.out.println("Last value of copy: " + copy.toString(2));
System.out.println("Value of position for copy: " + copy.toString(position));
System.out.println("Last value of copy (internal format): " + copy.value(2));
System.out.println("Value of position for copy (internal format): " + copy.value(position));
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}