It seems to be agreed that there are weaknesses in the existing Numpy Matrix Class. Some problems are illustrated below. I'll try to put some suggestions over the coming weeks and would appreciate comments. Colin W. Test Script: if __name__ == '__main__': a= mat([4, 5, 6]) # Good print('a: ', a) b= mat([4, '5', 6]) # Not the expected result print('b: ', b) c= mat([[4, 5, 6], [7, 8]]) # Wrongly accepted as rectangular print('c: ', c) d= mat([[1, 2, 3]]) try: d[0, 1]= 'b' # Correctly flagged, not numeric except ValueError: print("d[0, 1]= 'b' # Correctly flagged, not numeric", ' ValueError') print('d: ', d) Result: *** Python 2.7.9 (default, Dec 10 2014, 12:28:03) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32. ***
a: [[4 5 6]] b: [['4' '5' '6']] c: [[[4, 5, 6] [7, 8]]] d[0, 1]= 'b' # Correctly flagged, not numeric ValueError d: [[1 2 3]]
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