Convert near zero complex parts to 0

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In R2020a, I took a complex vector and converted near zero parts to zero. It took two long lines to do it. Can it be done in one line and not so long lines?
yy
yyFix = yy;
yyFix( abs( real(yyFix) ) < 1e-10 ) = 1j * imag(yyFix( abs( real(yyFix) ) < 1e-10 ) );
yyFix( abs( imag(yyFix) ) < 1e-10 ) = real(yyFix( abs( imag(yyFix) ) < 1e-10 ));
yyFix
The good output is:
yy =
1 + 0i
6.12323399573677e-17 + 1i
-1 + 1.22464679914735e-16i
-1.83697019872103e-16 - 1i
yyFix =
1 + 0i
0 + 1i
-1 + 0i
0 - 1i
I see that eps = 2.22044604925031e-16, but I would like to zero out the real and/or imag parts that are not as close to zero as eps.
<<EDIT 2021-04-01>> The +/-1 yy values can have arbitrary amplitudes. I assume that length(yy) > 1e8 for each signal section and/or input file.

Accepted Answer

Alan Stevens
Alan Stevens on 1 Apr 2021
Does the following do what you want
yyFix = round(yy*10^n)/10^n;
where you choose n as desired.
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 2 Apr 2021
mex could, in some cases, work "in place", which would remove the need to create temporary variables for real and imaginary part, then temporary variables for the conditional results, and putting the results together.
Paul Hoffrichter
Paul Hoffrichter on 2 Apr 2021
Thanks. I will keep this Mex thought in mind and ask another question some time since I don't get how that would work. Another day. :)

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