[Numpy-discussion] replacing Nan's in a string array converted from a float array

[Brennan Williams]

Charles R Harris wrote:
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> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Brennan Williams 
> <brennan.williams at visualreservoir.com 
> <mailto:brennan.williams at visualreservoir.com>> wrote:
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>     I've created an array of strings using something like....
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>                  stringarray=self.karray.astype("|S8")
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>     If the array value is a Nan I get "1.#QNAN" in my string array.
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>     For cosmetic reasons I'd like to change this to something else, e.g.
>     "invalid" or "inactive".
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>     My string array can be up to 100,000+ values.
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>     Is there a fast way to do this?
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> I think this is a bug.  Making the printing of nans uniform was one of 
> the goals of numpy 1.3, although a few bits were unfixable. However, 
> this looks fixable. If you are using 1.3 please open a ticket and note 
> the OS and numpy version.
>
ok looks like numpy 1.3.0rc1 on winxp
> Chuck
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