[PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Applying a general function to an array

[Konrad HINSEN]

   Is it possible to apply a general python function (that takes one
   input and produces one output to an array?  For example, I'd like to
   have a python function (implemented in C), "y = f(x)" and then be able
   to say Y = f(X) and get Y set to an array where each element in Y is f
   applied to the corresponding element in X.  

There is no real support for this right now. It has to be added, and I
am trying to make such things part of my function set proposal
(progressingly slowly due to lots of other work). If your function f
is written in terms of functions from umath, then it should work
automatically, but in the case of a C function or a more complicated
Python function (with tests, loops, etc.), you have no other way than
to write explicit for-loops or some messy map() application.

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