On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Vincent Davis <vinc...@vincentdavis.net> wrote: > > I must be missing something simple. I have a list of lists data = "[[' 0', ' > 0', '234.0', '24.0', ' 25'], [' 1', ' 0', '22428.0', '2378.1', ' > 25'],......" and what to make a record array from it but it gets screwed up > or I don't get it, maybe both. Notice that at this stage the items are > strings, not numbers, and there is whitespace not sure this matters. > Here is what is happening > adata = numpy.array(data,numpy.float64) > > >>> adata > array([[ 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 2.34000000e+02, > 2.40000000e+01, 2.50000000e+01], > ..., > [ 4.77000000e+02, 4.77000000e+02, 2.07000000e+02, > 4.58000000e+01, 2.50000000e+01]]) > > This is what I would expect except it is not a record array. > This is not what I expect. I think I have tried every iteration including > using numpy dtaypes numpy.int32 or bdata = numpy.array(data, dtype = [('x', > int),('y', int),('mean',float),('stdv',float),('npixcels',int)]) > What am I missing? > > bdata = numpy.array(data, [('x', int),('y', > int),('mean',float),('stdv',float),('npixcels',int)]) > >>> bdata > array([[(3153952, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (3153952, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (206933603122, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (808334386, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (3486240, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0)], > [(3219488, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (3153952, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (13561617777439282, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (54074581398322, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (3486240, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0)], > [(3285024, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (3153952, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (206933931058, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (925775666, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (3486240, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0)], > ..., > [(3487540, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (3618612, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (206933602866, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (908996661, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (3486240, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0)], > [(3553076, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (3618612, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (13561596370041137, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (62870573495603, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (3486240, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0)], > [(3618612, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (3618612, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (206933798962, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), (942552372, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0), > (3486240, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0)]], > > dtype=[('x', '<i8'), ('y', '<i8'), ('mean', '<f8'), ('stdv', '<f8'), > ('npixcels', '<i8')]) > >
I neglected to reply to the whole list on my first try. For posterity's sake: You should ask on the scipy-user list with a self-contained example. It is heavily trafficked. http://www.scipy.org/Mailing_Lists >From the example you gave above, I am not sure what's going unless it's something in the casting from strings. Note though that you have created a structured array and not a record array. The subtle difference is that the record array allows attribute lookup ie., you could do bdata.x instead of bdata['x']. Structured arrays are usually faster as the attribute lookup convenience is implemented in Python whereas the structured arrays use C code. hth, Skipper _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor