[R] array addition

[Robin Hankin]

Hi

suppose I have two arrays x1,x2 of dimensions a1,b1,c1 and
a2,b2,c2 respectively.

I want  x = x1   "+"   x2 with dimensions c(max(a1,a2), max(b1,b2),max 
(c1,c2))

with

x[a,b,c] = x1[a1,b1,c1] + x2[a2,b2,c2] if    a <=min(a1,a2) , b<=min 
(b1,b2), c<=min(c1,c2)

and the other bits either x1 or x2 or zero according to whether the  
coordinates
are "in range" for x1 or x2 or neither.

The answer has to work for arbitrary-dimensioned arrays.

toy example follows (matrices):


 > x1
      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
[1,]    1    3    5    7    9
[2,]    2    4    6    8   10
 > x2
      [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]    1    4    7
[2,]    2    5    8
[3,]    3    6    9
 > x
      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
[1,]    2    7   12    7    9
[2,]    4    9   14    8   10
[3,]    3    6    9    0    0
 >


Note the zeros at lower-right.


Is there a ready-made solution to this?





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Robin Hankin
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