[Numpy-discussion] byte swap in place

[Robert Kern]

Christopher Hanley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to byte swap a ndarray in place?  The "byteswap" method I 
> have found on an ndarray object currently returns a new array.

Depends. Do you want the actual bytes to swap, or are you content with getting a
view that pretends the bytes are swapped? If the latter:

>>> a = arange(5)
>>> a.dtype
dtype('>i4')
>>> a.dtype = dtype('<i4')
>>> a
array([       0, 16777216, 33554432, 50331648, 67108864])

-- 
Robert Kern

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