[SciPy-user] execute function on an array elementwise

[Matthieu Brucher]

Hi,

I think you are looking for numpy.vectorize()
It will not be faster than your own loop, but it will respect the shape of
your array.

Matthieu

2008/4/7, Pieter <pieter.cogghe at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I guess this is an easy one, but can't seem to find it. Suppose I have
> this function:
>
> def myFunction(x):
>   result = None
>   if x > 3:
>     result = "some value"
>   else:
>     result = "another value"
>   return result
>
> And I want to run it on an array a:
> b = myFunction(a)
>
> which then returns an array with "some value" and "another value". I
> could loop over the array, but I guess there's a better way to do
> this? (something like arrayMagic from Matlab if I'm not mistaken.
>
> thanks a lot,
>
> Pieter
>
>
>
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