[Numpy-discussion] Empty strings not empty?

[Christopher Barker]

Matthew Brett wrote:
> I think the summary here is 'numpy strings are zero padded; therefore
> you may run into surprises with a string that has trailing zeros'.
> 
> I see why that is - the zero terminator is the only way for numpy
> arrays to see where the end of the string is...

almost -- it's not quite zero-terminated, you can have embedded zeros:

In [35]: np.array('aa\x00bb', dtype='S6')
Out[35]:
array('aa\x00bb',
       dtype='|S6')

-Chris





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