[Numpy-discussion] String manipulation
David Goldsmith
d_l_goldsmith at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 21 13:16:52 EDT 2009
Hi, Chris. Look at this, _I'm_ answering one of _your_ questions (correctly, I hope):
--- On Tue, 7/21/09, Christopher Barker <Chris.Barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
> I don't see why:
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> np.array('a string', dtype='S1')
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> results in a length (1,) array, for instance.
>
> Actually, I think I do -- numpy is treating the string as a
> single
> scalar, rather than a sequence of characters, and doing its
> best to
> convert that scaler to a length one string. However, I
Well, as for why "[it's doing] its best to convert that scalar to a length one string," that's because you used dtype='S1' instead of dtype='S8':
>>> np.array('a string', dtype='S1')
array('a',
dtype='|S1')
>>> np.array('a string', dtype='S8')
array('a string',
dtype='|S8')
but as for shape, I can't reproduce your result at all:
>>> np.array('a string', dtype='S1').shape
()
>>> np.array('a string', dtype='S8').shape
()
and as for size, yes, in both cases it is treating the entire string as a single "element":
>>> np.array('a string', dtype='S1').size
1
>>> np.array('a string', dtype='S8').size
1
> don't know if
> there is a compelling reason why it should do that -- in
> other contexts,
> Python generally treats strings as a sequence of
> characters.
I see your point (global consistency) but personally, IMO, if you want that kind of string behavior, work in the Python namesapace: I like (though I've yet to actually use it) options (if you want to process a single string array element in the "standard" way, extract it from the array first w/ an index - it's only a few more characters of code).
:-)
DG
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