MODE Function (PV-WAVE Extreme Advantage)

Determines the mode of an array.

Usage

result = MODE(array)

Input Parameters

array—An array of any data type except string.

Returned Value

result—Array of the same data type as array containing the mode of array.

Keywords

None.

Discussion

The mode of an array is the most frequently occurring value in the array.

Example

; Read an image and compute its mode.

image = IMAGE_READ(!IP_Data + 'objects.tif')

image_mode = MODE(image('pixels'))

; Print the mode. This is the value of the largest region.

; Threshold the image for the largest region and display.

PRINT, image_mode

thresh_image = THRESHOLD(image('pixels'), image_mode, /Binary)

TVSCL, thresh_image