[SciPy-User] ValueError: setting and array element with a sequence

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Mon Jan 11 11:42:27 EST 2010


On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:40, Bruce Ford <bruce at clearscienceinc.com> wrote:
> I'm new at this and I'm getting this error.  It looks straightforward
> enough.  Any ideas?
>
> ynew = numpy.linspace (0,360,360)/2.5
> xnew = numpy.linspace (0,180, 180)/2.5
> coords = numpy.array([xnew, ynew])
>
> yeilds:  ValueError:  setting and array element with a sequence

ynew has 360 elements. xnew has 180. They need to be the same if you
want to make an (2,N)-shape array from them.

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Robert Kern

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