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Printing AD Values During Forward Mode

Syntax
f.Forward(0, x)
PrintFor(beforevalue)
PrintFor(posbeforevalueafter)

Purpose
The zero order forward mode command
    
f.Forward(0, x)
assigns the independent variable vector equal to x . It then computes a value for all of the dependent variables in the operation sequence corresponding to f . Putting a PrintFor in the operation sequence will cause the value of var , corresponding to x , to be printed during zero order forward operations.

f.Forward(0, x)
The objects f , x , and the purpose for this operation, are documented in Forward .

pos
If present, the argument pos has one of the following prototypes
    const AD<
Base>&               pos
    const VecAD<
Base>::reference& pos
In this case the text and var will be printed if and only if pos is not greater than zero and a finite number.

before
The argument before has prototype
    const char* 
before
This text is written to std::cout before var .

value
The argument value has one of the following prototypes
    const AD<
Base>&               var
    const VecAD<
Base>::reference& var
The value of value , that corresponds to x , is written to std::cout during the execution of
    
f.Forward(0, x)
Note that value may be a variable or parameter . If a parameter is dynamic its value will depend on the previous call to new_dynamic .

after
The argument after has prototype
    const char* 
after
This text is written to std::cout after var .

Redirecting Output
You can redirect this output to any standard output stream; see the s in the forward mode documentation.

Discussion
This is helpful for understanding why tape evaluations have trouble. For example, if one of the operations in f is log(var) and var <= 0 , the corresponding result will be nan .

Alternative
The ad_output section describes the normal printing of values; i.e., printing when the corresponding code is executed.

Example
The program print_for_cout.cpp is an example and test that prints to standard output. The output of this program states the conditions for passing and failing the test. The function print_for_string.cpp is an example and test that prints to an standard string stream. This function automatically check for correct output.
Input File: include/cppad/core/print_for.hpp