[Python-ideas] Python multi-dimensional array constructor

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
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> However, if you really don't like it, then you can pass a string to
aconfsturctor function instead:
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> a = arr_from_string(" | 0, 1, 2 || 3, 4, 5 | ")
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> yeah, you need to type the extra quotes, but that's not much.
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> NOTE: I'm pretty sure numpy has something like this already, for folks
that like the MATLAB style -- though I can't find it at the moment.


You are probably thinking of the numpy.matrix constructor:

>>> a = np.matrix('1 2; 3 4')
>>> print(a)
[[1 2]
 [3 4]]

See <https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.matrix.html
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