Might want to look into masked arrays: numpy.ma.array. a = numpy.array([1,5,4,99]) b = numpy.array([3,7,2,8]) arr = numpy.array([a, b]) masked = numpy.ma.array(arr, mask = arr==99) masked.mean(axis=0)
masked_array(data = [2.0 6.0 3.0 8.0], mask = [False False False False], fill_value = 1e+20) Zach On Jul 15, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Greg Fiske wrote: > Dear list, > > I’m learning to work with numpy arrays. Can somebody explain how to > get the average of two separate arrays while ignoring a user defined > value in one array? > > For example: > >>>a = numpy.array([1,5,4,99]) > >>>b = numpy.array([3,7,2,8]) > > Ignoring the value 99, the result should be an array like c= > ([2,6,3,8]) > > Thanks for any advice, > > Greg > > > Greg Fiske > Research Associate/GIS Manager > The Woods Hole Research Center > 149 Woods Hole Road > Falmouth MA, 02540 > 508-540-9900x139 > gfi...@whrc.org > http://whrc.org > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion