numarray

[Robert Kern]

bruce wrote:
> robert....
> 
> i did an
>  python>>> import numpy
>      a = array([['q','a'],['w','e']])
> 
> and it didn't work...
> 
> i used
>   >>from import numpy *
> 
> and it seems to accept the 'array' word.. .looks like it will work...
> 
> what's the difference between 'import numpy', and "from import numpy *"

Okay, you need to go through the tutorial first:

   http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html

And also, you'll want to read this, too:

   http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Probably the best place to get your current questions answered is the 
python-tutor mailing list.

   http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco