Thanks for the encouragement to try to dive deeper into namespaces, but also thanks for the amin, amax suggestions. Mark
On Aug 6, 8:21 pm, Eric Firing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mark wrote: > > Hello list. I am confused about importing numpy. > > > When I do > > > from numpy import * > > > and I try the min function, I get the default Python min function. > > > On the other hand, when I do > > > import numpy as np > > > and use the np.min function, I get the numpy min function (which is > > obviously what I want). > > > I know, the latter is preferred, but the former is so dang easy to > > type. > > I always thought both imports work the same, but I am obviously wrong. > > What's the difference? > > While I agree with the other posters that "import *" is not preferred, > if you want to use it, the solution is to use amin and amax, which are > provided precisely to avoid the conflict. Just as arange is a numpy > analog of range, amin and amax are numpy analogs of min and max. > > Eric > > > > > Thanks, Mark > > _______________________________________________ > > Numpy-discussion mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > _______________________________________________ > Numpy-discussion mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
