def zero_one(val): return 1.0 if is_nonzero(val) else 0.0
def num_nonzero(coeffs): ''' Returns the total number of nonzero in the coefficients. ''' return sum([1 for coeff_set in coeffs for coeff_line in coeff_set \ for coeff in coeff_line if gen.is_nonzero(coeff)])