[Numpy-discussion] Is a string a scalar type?

[Charles R Harris]

On 3/24/07, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Charles R Harris wrote:
> > In [10]: isscalar('hello world')
> > Out[10]: True
>
> As far as numpy is concerned, they are.
>
> >>> from numpy import *
> >>> array('hello world')
> array('hello world',
>       dtype='|S11')


Dunno, by that reasoning objects could also be considered scalars as they
can be elements of object arrays.

Chuck
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