[Numpy-discussion] dunno what array operation I'm looking for...

[Hoyt Koepke]

Try

result = A[1:] - A[:-1]

--Hoyt

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>  Say I have an array like:
>
>   >>> measurements = array([100,109,115,117])
>
>  What do I do to it to get:
>
>  array([9, 6, 2])
>
>  Is the following really the best way?
>
>   >>> result = []
>   >>> for i in range(1,len(measurements)):
>  ...   result.append(measurements[i]-measurements[i-1])
>  ...
>   >>> array(result)
>  array([9, 6, 2])
>
>  cheers,
>
>  Chris
>
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