Py_BuildValue() and C++ arrays

[rasmussn at lanl.gov]

On Thursday, April 4, 2002, at 01:37 AM, Matthias Stern wrote:

> I want to return the values "numElem" (int), "unit" (char[250]) and the
> array "data" (float,10000).
> What is the correct syntax for "Py_BuildValue( ??? )" ?
>
> The first two parameters work e.g. this way:
> ---
>      :
>      Py_BuildValue("(si)", unit, numElem);
>      :
> ---


I've used something like this before a tuple filled with an array:

    PyObject* tuple = PyTuple_New(count);

    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        double rVal = data[i];
        PyTuple_SetItem(tuple, i, Py_BuildValue("d", rVal));
    }

    return tuple;


Cheers,
Craig