How do I combine step functions?#
Step functions can be added, subtracted, divided and multiplied together. The staircase.Stairs
class provides these binary operator methods *:
To promote readability, these methods are ideally invoked using their operator symbols. Note that we can use them in conjunction with floats and a number, x, is equivalent to sc.Stairs(initial_value=x)
when used as an operand. Instead of walking through each of these methods, let’s roll the example into one:
In [1]: fig, axes = plt.subplots(ncols=2, figsize=(7,3), tight_layout=True)
In [2]: sf.plot(ax=axes[0], arrows=True);
In [3]: ((sf*sf + 2)/(4 - sf)).plot(ax=axes[1], arrows=True);
Footnotes
- *
and their “reverse” operator counterparts