[Numpy-discussion] matrix vs. array

[Travis Oliphant]

Andrew Straw wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>
>   
>> On 3/15/06, *Paulo J. S. Silva* <pjssilva at ime.usp.br
>> <mailto:pjssilva at ime.usp.br>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     > The other difference which isn't really obvious from looking at the
>>     > source code is that matrices always have at least rank
>>
>>     Just to make clear. They *always* have rank two.
>>
>>
>> Not necessarily.
>>
>>     
>>>>> m = numpy.matrix('[1 2 3; 4 5 6]')
>>>>> mm = m[numpy.matrix('[0 1]')]
>>>>> m
>>>>>           
>> matrix([[1, 2, 3],
>>        [4, 5, 6]])
>>     
>>>>> mm
>>>>>           
>> matrix([[[[1, 2, 3]],
>>
>>         [[4, 5, 6]]]])
>>     
>>>>> mm.shape
>>>>>           
>> (1, 2, 1, 3)
>>
>>     
> Could you enter this as a bug so it doesn't get forgotten?
> http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/newticket
>   

Please check to see if it actually is still broken.   I think it's fixed.


-Travis

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> Andrew
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