[Numpy-discussion] list dtype?

[Mark Wendell]

Excellent! I guess I was over-thinking it.

Many thanks.
Mark

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 4:50 PM, David Goldsmith<d_l_goldsmith at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Robert'll correct me if I'm wrong, but I think what he meant is that all you have to do is:
>
> array_of_lists = numpy.empty(<shape tuple>, dtype=object)
>
> and you'll be able to fill array_of_lists with whatever you want:
>
>>>> aol = np.empty((2,2),dtype=object)
>>>> aol[:,:] = [[[1, 2, 3], ['a','b','c']], [[(), (), ()], [{}, {}, {}]]]
>>>> aol
> array([[[1, 2, 3], ['a', 'b', 'c']],
>       [[(), (), ()], [{}, {}, {}]]], dtype=object)
>
> However, you do have to specify the shape ahead of time:
>
>>>> aol = np.empty((),dtype=object)
>>>> aol[:,:] = [list([5, 6, 7]),list(['a', 'b', 'c'])]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> IndexError: 0-d arrays can't be indexed.
>>>> aol.shape = (2,2)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ValueError: total size of new array must be unchanged
>
> (Of course, if you need to change its size and shape, you can always instantiate a new array, initializing the "old" portion of it w/ the existing array and filling in the rest w/ the new values.)
>
> DG
>
> --- On Sun, 7/19/09, Mark Wendell <mark.wendell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Mark Wendell <mark.wendell at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Numpy-discussion] list dtype?
>> To: "Discussion of Numerical Python" <numpy-discussion at scipy.org>
>> Date: Sunday, July 19, 2009, 3:19 PM
>> Sorry for being a newbie about it,
>> but could you provide an example?
>>
>> I was able to do this:
>>
>> d = np.dtype( {'names':['mylist'], 'formats':[np.object]})
>> but I'm not sure if that's the correct way to produce a
>> python list-type dtype.
>>
>> Further, how do I then define a new array with that as a
>> dtype?
>>
>> When I do this:
>> a = np.array( (5,5), dtype = d)
>> I get the error:
>> ValueError: size of tuple must match number of fields.
>>
>>
>> Any help appreciated. Thanks!
>> Mark
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Robert Kern<robert.kern at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:22, Mark Wendell<mark.wendell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> Is it possible to create a dtype that is a list of
>> arbitrary length?
>> >
>> > Use the object dtype.
>> >
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