get_fftw_wisdom

return fftw wisdom

Calling Sequence

[txt]=get_fftw_wisdom()

Arguments

:txt String matrix that contains fftw wisdom. :

Caveat

This function is not implemented in Scilab versions which use the MKL intel library (Scilab official versions for windows in particular).

Description

This function return the fftw wisdom in a string matrix. Using get_fftw_wisdom and set_fftw_wisdom allows to optimize fft efficiency if many calls have to be done on with same data sizes and same options for the fft function.

Examples

sample_rate=1000;
t = 0:1/sample_rate:40;
N=`size`_(t,'*'); //number of samples
s=`sin`_(2*%pi*50*t)+`sin`_(2*%pi*70*t+%pi/4)+`grand`_(1,N,'nor',0,1);
`fftw_forget_wisdom`_();
`timer`_();y=`fft`_(s);t1=`timer`_() //first call
`timer`_();y=`fft`_(s);t2=`timer`_()  //second call uses preserved wisdom
t1/t2
wisdom1=get_fftw_wisdom(); //preserve current wisdom
//realize a different fft
A = `zeros`_(256,256);
A(5:24,13:17) = 1;
X = `fft`_(A);

//Create a new signal with same size as s
s1=`sin`_(2*%pi*10*t)+`sin`_(2*%pi*7*t+%pi/4)+5*`grand`_(1,N,'nor',0,1);
//restore preserved wisdom
`set_fftw_wisdom`_(wisdom1);
`timer`_();y=`fft`_(s);t3=`timer`_()
t3/t2

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