Thanks Pauli, exactly what I wanted!
On 04/10/2011 22:22, Pauli Virtanen wrote: > 04.10.2011 21:10, Alexandre Leray kirjoitti: > [clip] >> But it is not very flexible. For instance, I'd like to control the "line >> spacing" (by adding extra spaces in between letters since it isn't real >> lines). I just found numpy and I have the intuition that it could do the >> job since it deals with matrices. >> >> Am I right? If so how would you do such a thing? > > import numpy as np > > def make_oblique(words): > n = max(2*len(word) for word in words) + len(words) > canvas = np.zeros((n, n), dtype='S1') > canvas[...] = ' ' # ye mighty FORTRAN, we beseech thee > > for j, word in enumerate(words): > i = np.arange(len(word)) > canvas[i+j, 2*i] = list(word) > > canvas[:,-1] = '\n' > return canvas.tostring().rstrip() > _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
