DSP code help needed (again)

[tulamide]

If you know me, then you are aware of my DSP code weakness. Especially the bitmask used to do branching. I need code that does a "either or" (boolean xor).

Imagine this situation: There are two values, one is positive, one negative. The absolute products of the two values are compared and only one of them will be true (and passed), while the other is false. On occasion, both values will be exactly the same, so no xor conclusion, and in that case a default value (for example 0) is the result. For this example, let's assume the larger absolute product is the goal and passes the value. But it should work for the smaller as well, by just applying the math as I understand it from your example.

How to do that in DSP code?

Mockup code (please provide actual working code)

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streamin a;
streamin b;
streamout out;

//abs(a) and abs(b) will be compared
out = ?
//out needs to be 0, or the larger of the two values (not abs(value))

[Tepeix]

Here some way, not sure the best in dsp, i forget a little when switching to asm.

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streamin in; streamin in2;
streamin default;
streamout out;
float a; float b; float c;
a=abs(in); b=abs(in2);
c=in2+(a>b)&(in-in2);
c=c+(a==b)&(default-c);

out=c;

For asm i would do like this

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streamin in; streamin in2;
streamin default;
streamout out;
int abs=2147483647;
//2 abs//
movaps xmm0,in; movaps xmm1,in2;
movaps xmm2,xmm0; movaps xmm3,xmm1;
movaps xmm4,abs;
andps xmm2,xmm4; andps xmm3,xmm4;
//compare//
movaps xmm5,xmm2; cmpps xmm5,xmm3,1;
subps xmm1,xmm0; andps xmm1,xmm5;
addps xmm0,xmm1;
cmpps xmm2,xmm3,0;
movaps xmm3,default; subps xmm3,xmm0;
andps xmm3,xmm2; addps xmm0,xmm3;
movaps out,xmm0;

[adamszabo]

I still need to wrap my head around the question. Could you perhaps do this in Ruby with basic numbers? If so, I can translate that to DSP.

[tulamide]

I still need to wrap my head around the question. Could you perhaps do this in Ruby with basic numbers? If so, I can translate that to DSP.

Damn, whenever I explain something, it tends to confuse more than help. Let's try it with this:

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true || true
## or, when both true, returns true

true ^ true
## xor, when both true, returns false

I need DSP code that compares two boolean results (imagine instead of true or false, there might be (a > b) or (c <= a) or something along those lines) and gets true ONLY when exactly ONE statement is true. If both are true, it should result in false. That way, I can set the output to the default value, when false. And to the input streams when true.

Does that help?

[Tepeix]

Not sure i really understand the meaning of the operation.
In dsp only & is documented as and, but i know that | work as or, but not what could do xor..

But if you need to have a final boolean value like xor you could invert the result of and.

Like out= in1 + (a==b) &(default-in1);

[tulamide]

Not sure i really understand the meaning of the operation.

Exclusive Or. It means that comparing two booleans only returns true if they are different.

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true ^ true = false
true ^ false = true
false ^ true = true
false ^ false = false

That's unlike Or, which returns true if at least one is true, but doesn't mind both.

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true || true = true
true || false= true
false || true = true
false || false = false

But if you need to have a final boolean value like xor you could invert the result of and.

Like out= in1 + (a==b) &(default-in1);

I'm not sure I understand this. Does this mean, result is in1 when a != b, but default when a==b? That would help indeed, but I don't know how to turn a and b into comparisons?

[Spogg]

Here’s a couple of solutions.

Now I eagerly await Martin to blow me out of the water…

[adamszabo]

Spogg beat me to it

I am not sure if this is supported in FS 3, but in the alpha there is actually a xor instruction in assembler, the simplest is:

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streamboolin bool1;
streamboolin bool2;
streamboolout out;

movaps xmm0,bool1; //move first boolean "bool1" to xmm0,
xorps xmm0,bool2; //do XOR operation with "bool2" 
movaps out,xmm0; //send result to "out"

Or you can also use a not equal (!=) in the DSP box, again I am not sure if its supported in FS 3:

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streamin a;
streamin b;
streamout out;

out = a != b;

This is the same as this assembly code which should work in any FS version:

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streamin bool1; 
streamin bool2;
streamout out;

movaps xmm0,bool1;
cmpps xmm0,bool2,4; //4 is not equal
movaps out,xmm0;

[Tepeix]

a and b are abs in my reverse think.
If i really understand the code needed it might work to reverse the conditional.

When abs(in1) and abs(in2) are equal it will give default, if they are different, it give in1.

so :

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streamin in1; streamin in2; streamout out;
streamin default;
float a=0; float b=0;
a=abs(in1); b=abs(in2);
out= in1+(a==b)&(default-in1);

But if you need to take the greater value of in1 or in2 or the greater abs value it might be different, but could end up in the same.

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streamin in1; streamin in2; streamout out;
streamin default;
float a=0; float b=0; float c=0;
a=abs(in1); b=abs(in2);
c=in1+(a<b)&(in2-in1);
out= c+(a==b)&(default-c);

[tulamide]

Hi guys!

I was quiet for a while, because my goal was to provide you with the result of my work and your help. But I couldn't get it to work in a meaningful way. I since got a template of sorts from Rex, that may help me at least finding out if the core idea works or not.

I am really thankful for all your help! Who would have thought that XOR'ing streams based on parameters could be that difficult? And it's not your codes. They work for their intentions. No, it's my idea, I'm afraid.

Thank you!