Efficient python 2-d arrays?

[Robert Kern]

On 1/20/11 1:36 PM, Jake Biesinger wrote:
>> Thanks for the great suggestions!
>
> On a related note, is there no way to efficiently sort a python array?

No.

>>>> x = array('f', xrange(10000000))
>>>> x.sort()
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
>
> /home/wbiesing/src/python-sort/<ipython console>  in<module>()
>
> AttributeError: 'array.array' object has no attribute 'sort'
>
>>>> type(sorted(x))
> <type 'list'>
>
> Seems like a common enough task, but no way to do it efficiently without scipy/numpy.

It's not really common. The array module is mostly used for data accumulation 
and interchange. Most people who need to compute things over 
efficiently-implemented homogeneous arrays use numpy.

-- 
Robert Kern

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