[Numpy-discussion] counting non-zero entries in an ndarray

[Thomas K Gamble]

On Wednesday, December 22, 2010 07:16:17 am Ian Stokes-Rees wrote:
> What is the most efficient way to do the Matlab equivalent of nnz(M)
> (nnz = number-of-non-zeros function)?
> 
> I've tried Google, but no luck.
> 
> My assumption is that something like
> 
> a != 0
> 
> will be used, but I'm not sure then how to "count" the number of "True"
> entries.
> 
> TIA.
> 
> Ian

one possibility:

len(where(a != 0)[0])

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