[Numpy-discussion] iterate over multiple arrays

[Olivier Delalleau]

If you can make f work in-place then you can just call map(f, [a, b, c, d]):
def f(arr):
   arr *= 2

Otherwise, you can:
- Work with a list instead (a_b_c_d = map(f, a_b_c_d), with a_b_c_d = [a, b,
c, d], but this won't update the local definitions of a, b, c, d).
- Use locals():
for x in ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'):
    locals()[x] = f(eval(x))

-=- Olivier

2011/9/12 David Froger <david.froger at gmail.com>

> Hy everybody,
>
> I'm wondering what is the (best) way to apply the same function to multiple
> arrays.
>
> For example, in the following code:
>
> from numpy import *
>
> def f(arr):
>     return arr*2
>
> a = array( [1,1,1] )
> b = array( [2,2,2] )
> c = array( [3,3,3] )
> d = array( [4,4,4] )
>
> a = f(a)
> b = f(b)
> c = f(c)
> d = f(d)
>
> I would like to replace :
>
> a = f(a)
> b = f(b)
> c = f(c)
> d = f(d)
>
> with something like that, but which really modify a,b,c and d:
>
> for x in [a,b,c,d]:
>    x = f(x)
>
> So having something like a pointer on the arrays.
>
> Thanks for your help !
>
> David
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