[Numpy-discussion] optimise operation in array with datetime objects

2009-01-28 Thread Timmie
Hello, I have an array of datetime objects. What is the most efficient way of creating a new array with only the hours or minutes out of it? Here is an example: ### imports import numpy as np import datetime as dt ### create some data d = dt.datetime.now() dates_li = [] count = 0 for i in

Re: [Numpy-discussion] optimise operation in array with datetime objects

2009-01-28 Thread Pierre GM
On Jan 28, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Timmie wrote: ### this is the loop I would like to optimize: ### looping over arrays is considered inefficient. ### what could be a better way? hours_array = dates_array.copy() for i in range(0, dates_array.size): hours_array[i] = dates_array[i].hour You

Re: [Numpy-discussion] optimise operation in array with datetime objects

2009-01-28 Thread Pierre GM
On Jan 28, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Timmie wrote: You could try: np.fromiter((_.hour for _ in dates_li), dtype=np.int) or np.array([_.hour for _ in dates_li], dtype=np.int) I used dates_li only for the preparation of example data. So let's suppose I have the array dates_array returned from a a