On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Andrew Nelson <andyf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > With respect to geomspace proposals: instead of specifying start and end values and the number of points I'd like to have an option where I can set the start and end points and the ratio. The function would then work out the correct number of points to get closest to the end value. > > E.g. geomspace(start=1, finish=2, ratio=1.03) > > The first entries would be 1.0, 1.03, 1*1.03**2, etc. > > I have a requirement for the correct ratio between the points, and it's a right bind having to calculate the exact number of points needed.
At the risk of extending the twisty little maze of names, all alike, I would probably call a function with this signature geomrange() instead. It is more akin to arange(start, stop, step) than linspace(start, stop, num_steps). -- Robert Kern
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