[Numpy-discussion] numpy pprint?

[Eric Wieser]

Hijacking this thread while on the topic of pprint - we might want to look
into a table-based `_html_repr_` or `_latex_repr_` for use in ipython -
where we can print the full array and let scrollbars replace ellipses.

Eric

On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 21:11 Mark Harfouche <mark.harfouche at gmail.com> wrote:

> Foad,
>
> Visualizing data is definitely a complex field. I definitely feel your
> pain.
> Printing your data is but one way of visualizing it, and probably only
> useful for very small and constrained datasets.
> Have you looked into set_printoptions
> <https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-1.15.1/reference/generated/numpy.set_printoptions.html>
> to see how numpy’s existing capabilities might help you with your
> visualization?
>
> The code you showed seems quite good. I wouldn’t worry about performance
> when it comes to functions that will seldom be called in tight loops.
> As you’ll learn more about python and numpy, you’ll keep expanding it to
> include more use cases.
> For many of my projects, I create small submodules for visualization
> tailored to the specific needs of the particular project.
> I’ll try to incorporate your functions and see how I use them.
>
> Your original post seems to have some confusion about C Style vs F Style
> ordering. I hope that has been resolved.
> There is also a lot of good documentation
>
> https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/user/numpy-for-matlab-users.html#numpy-for-matlab-users-notes
> about transitioning from matlab.
>
> Mark
>
> On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 4:46 PM Foad Sojoodi Farimani <
> f.s.farimani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Following this question <https://stackoverflow.com/q/53126305/4999991>,
>> I'm convinced that numpy ndarrays are not MATLAB/mathematical
>> multidimentional matrices and I should stop expecting them to be. However I
>> still think it would have a lot of benefit to have a function like sympy's
>> pprint to pretty print. something like pandas .head and .tail method plus
>> .left .right .UpLeft .UpRight .DownLeft .DownRight methods. when nothing
>> mentioned it would show 4 corners and put dots in the middle if the array
>> is to big for the terminal.
>>
>> Best,
>> Foad
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