Morton Goldberg wrote: > On Sep 11, 2007, at 4:57 AM, Joop Van den tillaart wrote: > >> Each type has a table where preference scores are stored regarding the >> def scoreA(cell) >> # # compare cell1 with cell2 >> # calculate score for two cells together >> end >> ---------------------------- > > I see one problem with the above code -- it walks the entire > adjacency matrix. It would be better to redesign it to walk only on > either the upper or the lower triangular sub-matrix. Then you only > need to deal with each distinct cell pairing once. > >> Attachments: > > Sorry. There is no way that I'm going to open a Word document of > unknown content on my computer. > > Regards, Morton I noticed that too...it doesnt look to the surrounding cells on a distance of 1 cell...it walks through all the cells...how do i change the code so it will only take into account surrounding cells on distance 1? And euhm...why do you worry about the word document? It's just a brief explanation of what the algorithm should do...I'm sure you have your reasons for not opening it (but I don't see them :D)...anyways thanks for your help so far... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.