[Numpy-discussion] loadmat output (was Re: Accessing elements of an object array)

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> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 15:18,  <lists_ravi at lavabit.com> wrote:
>> In [10]: x
>> Out[10]:
>> array(array((7.399500875785845e-10, 7.721153414752673e-10, -0.984375),
>> Â  Â  Â dtype=[('cl', '|O8'), ('tl', '|O8'), ('dagc', '|O8')]),
>> dtype=object)
>>
>> In [11]: x.shape, x.size
>> Out[11]: ((), 1)
>
> It's not that it's an object array. It's that it is a ()-shape array.
> You index it with an empty tuple:
>
>   x[()]

Why does loadmat return such arrays? Is there a way to make it produce
arrays that are not object arrays?

Regards,
Ravi