[Numpy-discussion] Sum of the product of three or more arrays

[Geoffrey Zhu]

On 10/18/07, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
> Geoffrey Zhu wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Given three vectors of the same lengths, X, Y, and Z, I am looking for
> > an efficient way to calculate the following:
> >
> > sum(x[i]*y[i]*z[i], for i=1..n )
>
> (x*y*z).sum()
>
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> Robert Kern
>
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Thanks Robert.

(x*y*z).sum() is probably faster than sum(x*y*z).