[Tutor] Comparing numpy and pylab
Peter Otten
__peter__ at web.de
Fri Feb 3 21:50:54 CET 2012
Debashish Saha wrote:
Welcome!
> what is the basic difference between numpy and pylab?
You can find out yourself. Start Python's interactive interpreter and type
help("pylab"):
>>> help("pylab")
...
This is a procedural interface to the matplotlib object-oriented
plotting library.
...
>>> help("numpy")
...
NumPy
=====
Provides
1. An array object of arbitrary homogeneous items
2. Fast mathematical operations over arrays
3. Linear Algebra, Fourier Transforms, Random Number Generation
...
Get into the habit to look for an answer yourself before you ask here. Then
tell us what you have already tried.
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