Re: [Numpy-discussion] Creating a 1-d structured array

2011-05-15 Thread Robert Kern
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 20:49, Bruce Southey wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Robert Kern wrote: >> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 09:58, Bruce Southey wrote: >>> Hi, >>> How do you create a 'single' structured array using np.array()? >>> Basically I am attempting to do something like this tha

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Creating a 1-d structured array

2011-05-15 Thread Bruce Southey
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Robert Kern wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 09:58, Bruce Southey wrote: >> Hi, >> How do you create a 'single' structured array using np.array()? >> Basically I am attempting to do something like this that does not work: >> a=np.array([1,2, 3,4, 5,6], dtype=np.dt

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Creating a 1-d structured array

2011-05-13 Thread Robert Kern
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 09:58, Bruce Southey wrote: > Hi, > How do you create a 'single' structured array using np.array()? > Basically I am attempting to do something like this that does not work: > a=np.array([1,2, 3,4, 5,6], dtype=np.dtype([('foo', int)])) > > I realize that this is essentially

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Creating a 1-d structured array

2011-05-13 Thread josef . pktd
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Bruce Southey wrote: > On 05/13/2011 03:04 PM, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: >> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Derek Homeier >>  wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> just a comment since I first thought the solution below might not be >>> what Bruce >>> was looking for, but hav

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Creating a 1-d structured array

2011-05-13 Thread Bruce Southey
On 05/13/2011 03:04 PM, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Derek Homeier > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> just a comment since I first thought the solution below might not be >> what Bruce >> was looking for, but having realised it's probably what he's been >> asking for... >> >>

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Creating a 1-d structured array

2011-05-13 Thread Derek Homeier
On 13 May 2011, at 22:04, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: >> Thus I am wondering why broadcasting should not be possible in this >> case, > > Even a 1 column table is still a table (or a list of records), and a 1 > item row is still a row. > True, but even multiplying the shape (6, ) array e.g. with a

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Creating a 1-d structured array

2011-05-13 Thread josef . pktd
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Derek Homeier wrote: > Hi, > > just a comment since I first thought the solution below might not be > what Bruce > was looking for, but having realised it's probably what he's been > asking for... > > On 13 May 2011, at 17:20, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Fr

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Creating a 1-d structured array

2011-05-13 Thread Derek Homeier
Hi, just a comment since I first thought the solution below might not be what Bruce was looking for, but having realised it's probably what he's been asking for... On 13 May 2011, at 17:20, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Bruce Southey > wrote: >> Hi, >> Ho

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Creating a 1-d structured array

2011-05-13 Thread josef . pktd
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Bruce Southey wrote: > Hi, > How do you create a 'single' structured array using np.array()? > Basically I am attempting to do something like this that does not work: > a=np.array([1,2, 3,4, 5,6], dtype=np.dtype([('foo', int)])) > > I realize that this is essentia

[Numpy-discussion] Creating a 1-d structured array

2011-05-13 Thread Bruce Southey
Hi, How do you create a 'single' structured array using np.array()? Basically I am attempting to do something like this that does not work: a=np.array([1,2, 3,4, 5,6], dtype=np.dtype([('foo', int)])) I realize that this is essentially redundant as if A is an 1-d array then a structured array with