Re: [eigen] SparseView

indeed, it's not documented. It's use is simple:

MatrixXd A(n,n);

SparseMatrix<double> B = A.sparseView();

you can also pass a reference non-zero and a tolerance (that default to NumTraits<Scalar>::dummy_precision()) :

SparseMatrix<double> B = A.sparseView(ref,epsilon);

that will consider as zero values x s.t. x<=ref*epsilon.

gael

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Rob McDonald <rob.a.mcdonald@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'd like to construct a sparse matrix from a dense one. I realize
this will require iterating over (and testing) all the entries of the
matrix, but I also assume Eigen has a built-in way to do this than the
naive for-loops I would write.

I've found references to SparseView online -- sometimes apparently as
a method of a dense matrix -- other times as a stand-alone class.
I've also found SparseCore/SparseView.h in the Eigen source.

Unfortunately, I haven't found anything resembling documentation or an
example of how to actually use this. The class definition for
SparseView seems to be self-referencing:

template<typename MatrixType>
class SparseView : public SparseMatrixBase<SparseView<MatrixType> >

Which was more than my feeble mind could handle...

Does anyone have any pointers on the best way to do this?

I'm currently using Eigen 3.2.8. I can update if required, but
mention it just in case it is relevant.

Thanks in advance,

Rob