[Numpy-discussion] Re: array of arbitrary objects

[Robert Kern]

Albert Strasheim wrote:

> How does one go about putting tuples into an object array?

Very carefully.

In [2]: a = empty(3, dtype=object)

In [3]: a
Out[3]: array([None, None, None], dtype=object)

In [4]: a[:] = [(1,2), (2,3), (3,4)]

In [5]: a
Out[5]: array([(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4)], dtype=object)

In [6]: a.shape
Out[6]: (3,)

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Robert Kern

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