[Numpy-discussion] field names on numpy arrays

[Pierre GM]

On Jun 3, 2009, at 7:23 PM, Robert Kern wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 18:20, Pierre GM <pgmdevlist at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Or, as all fields have the same dtype:
>>
>>  >>> a_array.view(dtype=('f',len(a_array.dtype)))
>> array([[ 0.,  1.,  2.,  3.,  4.],
>>        [ 1.,  2.,  3.,  4.,  5.]], dtype=float32)
>>
>> Ain't it fun ?
>
> Ah, yes, there is that niggle, too.



Except that I always get bitten by that:

 >>> backandforth =  
a_array.view(dtype=('f',len(a_array.dtype))).view(a_array.dtype)
 >>> backandforth
array([[(0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0)],
        [(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0)]],
       dtype=[('a', '<f4'), ('b', '<f4'), ('c', '<f4'), ('d', '<f4'),  
('e', '<f4')])
 >>> backandforth.shape
(2,1)

We gained a dimension !