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To efficiently save and load number arrays do:
LOAD(DUMP);
DUMPARRAYS([<filespec>],<arrays>); to save them
and
LOADARRAYS(<filespec>); to load them back in.
the arrays must be number arrays. i.e. as produced by
ARRAY(<arrayname>,INTEGER, .. ); or ARRAY(<arrayname>,FLOAT, .. );
the defaulting of <filepsec> is identical to the SAVE and LOADFILE
commands. e.g. DUMPARRAYS(<arrays>); dumps them in the default file.
example:
LOAD(DUMP);
ARRAY(FOO,FLOAT,2,3,4);
FOO[1,2,3]:EV(%PI,NUMER);
ARRAY(BAR,INTEGER,20);
FOR I FROM 1 THRU 20 DO BAR[I]:I;
DUMPARRAYS([ARRAYS],FOO,BAR); saves FOO and BAR into the file ARRAYS.
In a fresh MACSYMA,
LOAD(DUMP);
LOADARRAYS(ARRAYS);
BAR[5]; ==> 5
FOO[1,2,3]; ==> 3.14159..
The amount of room occupied by these files is roughly 1/2 of what
is needed when saving the arrays using the SAVE command. More
importantly it doesn't require chunks of FLONUM or FIXNUM space as
the SAVE command sometimes does.
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