Re: [Pytables-users] pyTables modifies data

2012-10-22 Thread Anthony Scopatz
Hi Jernej, This is a floating point representation issue. With 32 bits, the representations of the numbers you want are as given. You can see the same issue if you look closely with numpy. Observe the last couple of digits: In [1]: import numpy as np In [2]: np.array([12.12, 12.1234567], 'f4'

[Pytables-users] pyTables modifies data

2012-10-22 Thread Jernej Makovsek
Hi. pyTables saves wrong data to file. I read the docs, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong. It's the first time I noticed this kind of behavior. Any suggestions? *problem: * writing items in testL = [12.12, 12.1234567] to table data in table: col1 = 12.118856, col2 = 12.1234569550 expected:

Re: [Pytables-users] PyTables data files for a tutorial

2012-10-22 Thread Francesc Alted
Hey, thanks to everybody that contributed datasets! I'll look into them and hope to be able to select something to show. Francesc On 10/21/12 10:55 PM, Jason Moore wrote: > This is a PyTables generated file with data collected from vehicle > (bicycle) dynamics measurements. Meta data are in ta

Re: [Pytables-users] 10 years of PyTables

2012-10-22 Thread Francesc Alted
Thanks Anthony. And yes, I'm really glad that PyTables continues alive and kicking so thanks to the new developers! It is a bit sad that I'm not able to contribute anymore, but that's life. Francesc On 10/21/12 8:10 PM, Anthony Scopatz wrote: > Congrats Francesc! > > It is a testament to how

Re: [Pytables-users] 10 years of PyTables

2012-10-22 Thread Ernesto Picardi
Hi Francesc, thank you very much for your indispensable software and thank you to all people involved in this project for their invaluable effort. Best, Ernesto Il giorno 21/ott/2012, alle ore 17.26, Francesc Alted ha scritto: > Hi!, > > This month PyTables celebrates the 10th anniversary of