[Numpy-discussion] Matrix and var method

[Zachary Pincus]

Hi folks,

I just ran across an error with numpy.matrix types: the var() method  
does not seem to work! (I've tried all sorts of permutations on the  
matrix shape, and the axis parameter to var; nothing works.)

Perhaps this has already been fixed -- I haven't updated my numpy in  
a week or so. If so, sorry; if not, I hope this helps.

Zach


In [1]: import numpy
In [2]: numpy.__version__
Out[2]: '0.9.7.2335'

In [3]: numpy.matrix([[1,2,3], [1,2,3]]).var()
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
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exceptions.ValueError                                Traceback (most  
recent call last)

/Users/zpincus/<ipython console>

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site- 
packages/numpy/core/defmatrix.py in __mul__(self, other)
     147         if isinstance(other, N.ndarray) or N.isscalar(other)  
or \
     148                not hasattr(other, '__rmul__'):
--> 149             return N.dot(self, other)
     150         else:
     151             return NotImplemented

ValueError: matrices are not aligned

In [4]: numpy.array([[1,2,3], [1,2,3]]).var()
Out[4]: 0.80000000000000004