On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 21:16:42 -0700 Phillip Feldman <phillip.m.feld...@gmail.com> wrote: > In communications and signal processing, it is frequently necessary to > calculate the power of a signal. This can be done with a function like the > following: > > def magsq(z): > """ > Return the magnitude squared of the real- or complex-valued input. > """ > return z.real**2 + z.imag**2 > > A high percentage of the scripts that I write contain or import a function > like this. It would be great if there were a built-in method in NumPy, > preferably with a name like `magsq`, `mag2`, or `msq`.
Are you asking for speed or convenience reasons? Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org https://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
