> But the utility of named indices is not so clear > to me. As I understand it, these new arrays will still only be > able to have a single type of data (one of float, str, int and so > on). This seems to be pretty limiting.
This just shows that people use NumPy for lots of different things. I myself have never understood what record arrays are for -- what's the advantage of using NumPy if your data isn't made of numbers? If you've ever used a dictionary instead of a list, then you have seen the utility of named indices. I've got an example of labeled data in a matrix, starting at slide 10 of http://csc.media.mit.edu/docs/_static/divisi_slides.pdf. -- Rob _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
