Numeric/Numarray equivalent to zip ?

[Peter Otten]

George Sakkis wrote:

> What's the fastest and most elegant equivalent of zip() in
> Numeric/Numarray between two equally sized 1D arrays ? That is, how to
> combine two (N,)-shaped arrays to one (N,2) (or (2,N)) shaped ? I
> expect the fastest and the most elegant idiom to be identical, as it is
> usually the case in this excellent library, but if not, both would be
> useful to know. Thanks,

>>> import Numeric as nu
>>> a = nu.array(range(3))
>>> nu.array([a, a])
array([[0, 1, 2],
       [0, 1, 2]])
>>> nu.transpose(nu.array([a, a]))
array([[0, 0],
       [1, 1],
       [2, 2]])

Or am I missing something? As to speed, it seems to be the fastest to
write...

Peter