[Numpy-discussion] matrix indexing question

[Timothy Hochberg]

On 3/29/07, Timothy Hochberg <tim.hochberg at ieee.org> wrote:
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> On 3/29/07, Bill Baxter <wbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 3/30/07, Timothy Hochberg <tim.hochberg at ieee.org> wrote:
> > > Note, however that you can't (for instance) multiply column vector
> > with
> > > a row vector:
> > >
> > > >>> (c)(r)
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   ...
> > > TypeError: Cannot matrix multiply columns with anything
> > >
> >
> > That should be allowed.  (N,1)*(1,M) is just an (N,M) matrix with
> > entries C[i,j] = A[i,0]*B[0,]
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> I thought about that a little, and while I agree that it could be allowed,
> I'm not sure that it should be allowed. It's a trade off between a bit of
> what I would guess is little used functionality with some enhanced error
> checking (I would guess that usually row*column
>

 Make that column*row. Bah. I'm off to bed.


signals a mistake). However, I don't care much one way or the other; it's
> not hard to allow.
>
> I kind of like the idea of using call for multiply, though.  If it
> > doesn't turn out to have any major down sides it could be a good way
> > to give ndarray a concise syntax for "dot".
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> We'll see how it goes down this time. I've proposed using call before,
> since I've thought the matrix situation was kind of silly for what seems
> like ages now, but it always sinks without a ripple.
>
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> tim.hochberg at ieee.org




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