I have a big problem with numpy, numarray and Numeric (all version)
If I'm using the script at the bottom, I obtain these results:
var1 before function is [3 4 5]
var2 before function is 1
var1 after function must be [3 4 5] is [ 9 12 15] <------ problem
var2 after function must be 1 is 1
var3 must be the [9 12 15] is [ 9 12 15]
var4 must be the 'toto' is toto
I'm very surprised by the line noted. I always thinking that the input
variable didn't change the variable itself outside the function. It's the
comportement for var2 but var1 is changed and it's a big problem (at least
for me). The only object in python with this behavior are the numeric object
(Numeric, numarray or numpy), with list or other kind of object I have the
expected result (the var1 before to go inside the function)
I can't keep the input variable if I'm not doing a copy before to call a
function...
Is it normal and so do I have to do a copy of the input data each time I'm
calling a function?
Thanks
Nicolas
#!/usr/bin/env python
import numpy
print "numpy version ", numpy.__version__
def test(var1,var2):
#print "var1 input function is",var1
#print "var2 input function is",var2
var1 *=3
var2 = 'toto'
return var1,var2
var1=numpy.array([3,4,5])
var2=1
print "var1 before function is ",var1
print "var2 before function is ",var2
var3,var4=test(var1,var2)
print "var1 after function must be [3 4 5] is ",var1
print "var2 after function must be 1 is ", var2
print "var3 must be the [9 12 15] is ", var3
print "var4 must be the 'toto' is ", var4
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