On Wednesday 02 August 2006 22:43, Travis Oliphant wrote:
> Sebastian Haase wrote:
> > Thanks,
> > I just found
> > numpy.isscalar() and numpy.issctype() ?
> > These sound like they would do what I need - what is the difference
> > between the two ?
>
> Oh, yeah.
>
> numpy.issctype works with type objects
> numpy.isscalar works with instances
>
> Neither of them distinguish between scalars and "numbers."
>
> If you get errors with isscalar it would be nice to know what they are.
I'm still trying to reproduce the exception, but here is a first comparison
that - honestly - does not make much sense to me:
(type vs. instance seems to get mostly the same results and why is there a
difference with a string ('12') )
>>> N.isscalar(12)
True
>>> N.issctype(12)
True
>>> N.isscalar('12')
True
>>> N.issctype('12')
False
>>> N.isscalar(N.array([1]))
False
>>> N.issctype(N.array([1]))
True
>>> N.isscalar(N.array([1]).dtype)
False
>>> N.issctype(N.array([1]).dtype)
False
# apparently new 'scalars' have a dtype attribute !
>>> N.isscalar(N.array([1])[0].dtype)
False
>>> N.issctype(N.array([1])[0].dtype)
False
>>> N.isscalar(N.array([1])[0])
True
>>> N.issctype(N.array([1])[0])
True
-Sebastian
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