Hi, > The variable-length string dtypes are not builtin. The user-defined > lengths make them user-defined dtypes.
Right - but I was failing to understand, from the code, how '0' rather than '2' could result. Have I missed something? > If you want a real kick in the pants, try playing with dtype(str). And > then try eval'ing its repr. I am trying to decide how to answer the first part of that sentence! Matthew _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
