cv::Mat.forEach - how does position work?

asked 2016-09-20 04:21:52 -0600

Benjamin M gravatar image

updated 2016-09-21 06:31:36 -0600

AFAIK the signature of the function param of Mat.forEach is:

void (*)(const T value, const *int pos);

EDIT: Well, according to core/utility.hpp it's more like: (which should go into the documentation, IMHO)

//     (_Tp&, const int*)   <- multidimential
//  or (_Tp&, void*)        <- in case of you don't need current idx.

Now, I'm not sure what the pos argument is and I don't think the documentation is absolutely clear on that. From the documentation, it almost looks like this is the channel of the current element?

I have now used it in my project for a CV_64FC1 Matrix and pos[1] is the current collumn. Since pos[0] is always zero and this is a single row Matrix, I guess it's pos[dimension]?

So when I want to use it with m.at<t>() I need to calculate the index from the pos elments? I would like to better understand this, then I could make a pull request with a documentation improvement. I have looked at the code, but I'm not sure I understand the multidimensional case correctly.

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Could you explicitly explain why you are in the desire of using this function, when the at operater is easier to use?

StevenPuttemans gravatar imageStevenPuttemans ( 2016-09-22 06:19:04 -0600 )edit
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It's not either or, it's both. I want to perform an operation for every element and I need to compare that element to it's neighbors, that's why I want the index. forEach is done in parallel (says the documentation), whereas if I would go through the Matrix via index and .at(), that wouldn't be the case. Also I think forEach + Lambda Expression looks cleaner than explicit loops.

Benjamin M gravatar imageBenjamin M ( 2016-09-22 07:45:00 -0600 )edit

Do you succeed to compile @Benjamin M

struct Operator {
    void operator ()(Pixel &pixel, const int * position) {
        pixel.x = 255;
    }
};
image.forEach<Pixel>(Operator());

with vs 2015 or gcc version 6.2.0 (x86_64-posix-sjlj-rev1, Built by MinGW-W64 project)?

LBerger gravatar imageLBerger ( 2016-10-24 15:43:19 -0600 )edit
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