[Numpy-discussion] extension to xrange for numpy

[Tim Hochberg]

Arnd Baecker wrote:

>Hi,
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>On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, Gary Ruben wrote:
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>>A few rough thoughts:
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>>On the other hand your idea would potentially make some code a lot
>>easier to understand, so I'm not against it and if it was picked up, I'd
>>propose "t" or "w" for the 4th dimension. It might help to post some
>>code that you think might benefit from your idea.
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>Hope you don't jump at me, but I would like to
>wait until April 1st next year then ...
>((hmm, maybe my post contained too much of a possible truth
>to be considered as an April fools joke -
>yrange and zrange have been a running gag in our group for
>a while now - strange German humor ...;-))
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>Anyway, I hope I did not waste too much of your time ...
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Ouch! Got me anyway...

>Best, Arnd
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>>Gary R.
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>>Arnd Baecker wrote:
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>>>Dear numpy enthusiasts,
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>>>one python command which is extremely useful in 1D situations
>>>is `xrange`. However, for higher dimensional
>>>settings we strongly lack the commands `yrange` and `zrange`.
>>>These could be shorthands for the corresponding
>>>constructs with `:,NewAxis` added.
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>>>Any comments, suggestion and even implementations are very welcome,
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>>>Arnd
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>>>P.S.: What I am not sure about is the right command for
>>>the 4-dimensional case - which letter should be used after the "z"?
>>>(it seems that "a" would be a very natural choice...)
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