[Numpy-discussion] Generating a (uniformly distributed) random bit list of length N

2013-09-23 Thread David Goldsmith
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[Numpy-discussion] Generating a (uniformly distributed) random bit list of length N

2013-09-22 Thread David Goldsmith
Is np.random.randint(2, size=N) the fastest way to do this? Thanks! DG ___ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Generating a (uniformly distributed) random bit list of length N

2013-09-22 Thread Stéfan van der Walt
On 22 Sep 2013 23:04, David Goldsmith d.l.goldsm...@gmail.com wrote: Is np.random.randint(2, size=N) the fastest way to do this? Thanks! Are you concerned about speed or memory use? The operation you show should already be quite fast. A more memory efficient approach would be to generate