<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14483" dir="ltr">Hi Friends !!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14483" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14483" dir="ltr">I'm trying to use itkPyVnl directly in ITK, but I must be getting something wrong with pointers... The following just gives me random numbers:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14483" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14483" dir="ltr">```</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14514">    typedef typename ImageType::DirectionType ImageDirectionType;    </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14515">    ImageDirectionType * direction = const_cast<ImageDirectionType *>( &image->GetDirection() );</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14516"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14517"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14518">    typedef typename ImageDirectionType::InternalMatrixType DirectionInternalMatrixType;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14519">    DirectionInternalMatrixType * fixed_matrix = const_cast<DirectionInternalMatrixType *>( &direction->GetVnlMatrix() );</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14520"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14521"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14522">    const vnl_matrix<double> vnlmat1 = fixed_matrix->as_matrix();</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14523">    vnl_matrix<double> * vnlmat2 = const_cast<vnl_matrix<double> *>( &vnlmat1 );</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14524"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14525"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14526">    typedef itk::PyVnl<double> PyVnlType;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14527">    PyObject * mymatrix = PyVnlType::_GetArrayViewFromVnlMatrix( vnlmat2 );</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14527">```</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14527"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14527">I've tried a million different things and have problems either 1) due to the constness of ->as_matrix() and others or 2) due to "taking the address of a temporary object" with ->as_matrix() ... -__-</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14527"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14527"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14527">I know that this works:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14527"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14527">```</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14561">    vnl_matrix<double> * vnlmat = new vnl_matrix<double>;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14562">    vnlmat->set_size(2,3);</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14563">    vnlmat->fill(0);</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14564">    vnlmat->put(1,2,1.3);</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14565">    vnlmat->put(1,0,2);</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14566">    std::cout << vnlmat << std::endl;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14567"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14568"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14569">    typedef itk::PyVnl<double> PyVnlType;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14570">    PyObject * mymatrix = PyVnlType::_GetArrayViewFromVnlMatrix( vnlmat );</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14570">```</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14570"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502159025493_14570">Any help above is MUCH appreciated !!!!</div></div></body></html>