add a VectorBlock expr as a specialization of Block

2 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/examples/class_FixedVectorBlock.cpp b/doc/examples/class_FixedVectorBlock.cpp
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+++ b/doc/examples/class_FixedVectorBlock.cpp
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+#include <Eigen/Core>
+USING_PART_OF_NAMESPACE_EIGEN
+using namespace std;
+
+template<typename Derived>
+Eigen::VectorBlock<Derived, 2>
+firstTwo(MatrixBase<Derived>& v)
+{
+  return Eigen::VectorBlock<Derived, 2>(v.derived(), 0);
+}
+
+template<typename Derived>
+const Eigen::VectorBlock<Derived, 2>
+firstTwo(const MatrixBase<Derived>& v)
+{
+  return Eigen::VectorBlock<Derived, 2>(v.derived(), 0);
+}
+
+int main(int, char**)
+{
+  Matrix<int,1,6> v; v << 1,2,3,4,5,6;
+  cout << firstTwo(4*v) << endl; // calls the const version
+  firstTwo(v) *= 2;              // calls the non-const version
+  cout << "Now the vector v is:" << endl << v << endl;
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/doc/examples/class_VectorBlock.cpp b/doc/examples/class_VectorBlock.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d979f973a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/class_VectorBlock.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <Eigen/Core>
+USING_PART_OF_NAMESPACE_EIGEN
+using namespace std;
+
+template<typename Derived>
+Eigen::VectorBlock<Derived>
+segmentFromRange(MatrixBase<Derived>& v, int start, int end)
+{
+  return Eigen::VectorBlock<Derived>(v.derived(), start, end-start);
+}
+
+template<typename Derived>
+const Eigen::VectorBlock<Derived>
+segmentFromRange(const MatrixBase<Derived>& v, int start, int end)
+{
+  return Eigen::VectorBlock<Derived>(v.derived(), start, end-start);
+}
+
+int main(int, char**)
+{
+  Matrix<int,1,6> v; v << 1,2,3,4,5,6;
+  cout << segmentFromRange(2*v, 2, 4) << endl; // calls the const version
+  segmentFromRange(v, 1, 3) *= 5;              // calls the non-const version
+  cout << "Now the vector v is:" << endl << v << endl;
+  return 0;
+}