[SciPy-dev] Re: [SciPy-user] MatrixMarket I/O Functions for scipy

[Nils Wagner]

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Hi Nils, 
 
On Thursday 27 Nov 2003 1:37 pm, Nils Wagner wrote: 
> Afaik, there exists only a Fortran routine for this purpose. 
>  http://math.nist.gov/~KRemington/mmio/mmiof77.html 
 
	Since the source code is available, it is (fairly) trivial to 
wrap the  
f77 code using f2py and g77. This will allow you to call said 
functions  
from within python (+scipy). 
 
	May I recommend you read the f2py tutorial? It is to be found 
on  
<http://www.ifi.uio.no/in228/scripting/doc/python/fc/f2py-tutorial/
tutorial.pdf> 
 
	Best luck 
José 
 
Hi Jose, 
 
A google search on Python MatrixMarket yields 
http://people.web.psi.ch/geus/pyfemax/pysparse.html 
It should not be stand-alone solution for myself. 
I guess, many users will benefit from the feature 
(I/O of matrices in MatrixMarket or Harwell-Boeing format), if 
it becomes a part of scipy. 
 
Any suggestion ? 
 
BTW, the Harwell-Boeing seems to be supported by scipy 
http://scipy.net/cgi-bin/viewcvsx.cgi/scipy1/sparse/SuperLU/SRC/
zreadhb.c?rev=1.2 
 
How can I invoke this function in scipy ? 
A small example is appreciated. 
 
Nils 
 
 
 
 
 
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