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<h3 class="section">8.3 Vectors</h3>
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<p>Vectors are defined by a <code>gsl_vector</code> structure which describes a
slice of a block. Different vectors can be created which point to the
same block. A vector slice is a set of equally-spaced elements of an
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<p>The <code>gsl_vector</code> structure contains five components, the
<em>size</em>, the <em>stride</em>, a pointer to the memory where the elements
are stored, <var>data</var>, a pointer to the block owned by the vector,
<var>block</var>, if any, and an ownership flag, <var>owner</var>. The structure
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{
size_t size;
size_t stride;
double * data;
gsl_block * block;
int owner;
} gsl_vector;
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<p>The <var>size</var> is simply the number of vector elements. The range of
valid indices runs from 0 to <code>size-1</code>. The <var>stride</var> is the
step-size from one element to the next in physical memory, measured in
units of the appropriate datatype. The pointer <var>data</var> gives the
location of the first element of the vector in memory. The pointer
<var>block</var> stores the location of the memory block in which the vector
elements are located (if any). If the vector owns this block then the
<var>owner</var> field is set to one and the block will be deallocated when the
vector is freed. If the vector points to a block owned by another
object then the <var>owner</var> field is zero and any underlying block will not be
deallocated with the vector.
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<p>The functions for allocating and accessing vectors are defined in
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