[SciPy-user] Loopless square 2d arrays with radially symmetric functions

[Ryan May]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:56 PM, David Baddeley <david_baddeley at yahoo.com.au
> wrote:

>
> There's always:
>
> X, Y = numpy.mgrid[-128:128, -128:128]
> R2 = X**2 + Y**2
> p = numpy.exp(-0.01*R2)
>
> which uses a bit more memory, but avoids loops.
>
> David
>

If you use ogrid instead of mgrid, you'll avoid the increase in memory,
since the arrays are created in a form ready for broadcasting.

Ryan

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Ryan May
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma
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