Increment indices inside transformed param block

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I have to do variable transfer from an array to a matrix. the function I need is

int i = 1;
for (r in 1:S)
for (c in 1:S){
if (r != c){
beta[r, c] = phi[i];
i += 1;
}
}

Please tell me what is the proper syntax to use inside a parameter block.

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Only variable declarations are allowed inside the parameters block.

If you want to move parameters from an array to a matrix, use the transformed parameters block.

The condition r != r in the code you wrote is not ever going to be true, but assuming your data was stored in an array with row major order of the necessary size, then I think what you wrote is headed in the right direction (I don’t think you should have any if statement though).

int i = 1;
for (r in 1:S)
  for (c in 1:S){
    if (r != r) { // <-- This is never going to be true, don't think it's necessary anyway
      beta[r, c] = phi[i];
      i += 1;
    }
}
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my bad with the typo. it should be

if (r != c)

Thanks for the comment.

4

That would not copy the diagonal, but then you’d have to build phi[i] to accomodate that. Totally possible, fwiw.