[Numpy-discussion] sum and prod

[nicky van foreest]

On 9 September 2012 00:10, Warren Weckesser
<warren.weckesser at enthought.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 4:56 PM, nicky van foreest <vanforeest at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I ran the following code:
>>
>>         args = np.array([4,8])
>>         print np.sum( (arg > 0) for arg in args)
>>         print np.sum([(arg > 0) for arg in args])
>>         print np.prod( (arg > 0) for arg in args)
>>         print np.prod([(arg > 0) for arg in args])
>>
>> with this result:
>>
>> 2
>> 1
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>
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> I get 2 here, not 1 (numpy version 1.6.1).

Sorry. Typo.

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>> <generator object <genexpr> at 0x1c70410>
>> 1
>>
>> Is the difference between prod and sum intentional? I would expect
>> that  numpy.prod would also work on a generator, just like numpy.sum.
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>
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> Whatever the correct result may be, I would expect them to have the same
> behavior with respect to a generator argument.
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>>
>> BTW: the last line does what I need: the product over the truth values
>> of all elements of args. Is there perhaps a nicer (conciser) way to
>> achieve this?  Thanks.
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> How about:
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> In [15]: np.all(args > 0)
> Out[15]: True
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>
>  Warren
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>>
>> Nicky
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