Josef, Nice find -- another reason why 'S' can NOT be used a-is for arbitrary bytes. See the other thread for my proposals about that.
messy workaround (arrays in contrast to scalars are not truncated in `tostring`)
[a[i:i+1].tostring().decode('utf-16LE') for i in range(len(a))] ['Õsc', 'zxc']
I think the real "work around" is to not try to store arbitrary bytes -- i.e. encoded text, in the 'S' dtype. But is there a convenient way to do it with other existing numpy types? I tried to do it with uint8, and it's really awkward.... -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker@noaa.gov