[Numpy-discussion] Can you enumerarte an array?

[Arnd Baecker]

Hi Chris,

On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Chris Barker wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A freind of mine that I jsut introduced to NumPy asked me about
> enumerating an array. What he'd like to see is something like:
>
> A = N.ones((3,4))
>
> for indexes, item in enumeate(A):
>      print indexes
>
> result in:
>
> (0,0)
> (0,1)
> (0,2)
> (1,0)
> .
> .
> .
> You get the idea. Can you do this with any of the three NumPys?

Not that I know:

  import Numeric as N
  A = N.ones((3,4))
  for indizes, item in enumerate(A): print indizes,item

gives

  0 [1 1 1 1]
  1 [1 1 1 1]
  2 [1 1 1 1]

(the same applies for numarrary and the new scipy_core)

It might be the best to define your own iterator (e.g. `enumerate_ind`)
because the present behaviour can be useful as well.

> If not
> consider this a feature request for scipy_base.

Best, Arnd