[Numpy-discussion] Matlab page on scipy wiki

[Bill Baxter]

Ah, right you are.  Fixed.  Thanks.
I guess the python version could also be written a[:5].

--bb

On 3/3/06, Sebastian Haase <haase at msg.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I noted on
> http://www.scipy.org/Wiki/NumPy_for_Matlab_Users
>
> matlab  a(1:5,:)
> numpy  a[0:4] or a[0:4,:]  a[0:4] or  a[0:4,:]
> the first five rows of a
>
> I think this is wrong!
>
> in numpy it would be: a[:5] (or a[0:5] )  for the first five elements
>
> To the best of my knowledge (I have never used Matlab myself!) this is
> one of the biggest points of confusion for Matlab users !!
> WHY DOES a[4:6] NOT INCLUDE THE ELEMENTS 4,5 *AND* 6 ???
>
> The only explanation I have is that its
> a) like a C/C++-for-loop (for(i=4;i<6;i++)   --> note the '<'  (not '<=')
> b) it then also always is true that: "last" minus first is equal to
> number-of-elements (example: 6-4 = 2)
> c) it turns out from experience that this convention WILL save you lots
> of '-1' and '+1' in your code (actually almost all of them)
> [if I see a "+1" in a Matlab person's numpy code I can almost always
> guess that he/she made a mistake !]
>
> Maybe this paragraph could be added to the wiki ...
>
> Thanks for this wiki page - I think I looks great
>
> - Sebastian Haase
>
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