[Numpy-discussion] Shapes and sizes

[Christopher Barker]

Albert Strasheim wrote:
> Personally, I think asarray(scalar) should return something that can 
> actually be used as an array (i.e. has a proper shape and ndim), 

What is the proper shape and numdim? Only your app knows.

What I generally do with a function i want to take an array or 
"something that can be turned into an array" is to use asarray, then set 
the shape to what I am expecting:

 >>> import numarray as N
 >>>
 >>> def rank1(input):
...     A = N.asarray(input)
...     A.shape = (-1)
...     print repr(A)
...
 >>> rank1((5,6,7,8))
array([5, 6, 7, 8])
 >>> rank1(5)
array([5])
 >>>
 >>> def rank2(input):
...     A = N.asarray(input)
...     A.shape = (-1, 2)
...     print repr(A)
...
 >>> rank2((2,3))
array([[2, 3]])
 >>> rank2(((2,3), (4,5), (6,7)))
array([[2, 3],
        [4, 5],
        [6, 7]])

-Chris

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