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NumPy adds arrays and linear albegra to Python, with special functions, transformations, the ability to operate on all elements of an array in one stroke.  
NumPy adds arrays and linear albegra to Python, with special functions, transformations, the ability to operate on all elements of an array in one stroke.  


Arrays are at the heart of NumPy:
Arrays are at the heart of NumPy. The program


  import numpy as np
  import numpy as np
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  print myarray
  print myarray


produces an array of 100 values:


  array([  0.,  1.,  2.,  3.,  4.,  5.,  6.,  7.,  8.,  9.,  10.,
  array([  0.,  1.,  2.,  3.,  4.,  5.,  6.,  7.,  8.,  9.,  10.,

Revision as of 21:36, 20 February 2013

Python provides a framework on which numerical and scientific data processing can be built. As part of our short course on Python for Physics and Astronomy we will look at the capabilities of the NumPy, SciPy and SciKits packages. This is a brief overview with a few examples drawn primarily from the excellent but short introductory book SciPy and NumPy by Eli Bressert (O'Reilly 2012).

NumPy

NumPy adds arrays and linear albegra to Python, with special functions, transformations, the ability to operate on all elements of an array in one stroke.

Arrays are at the heart of NumPy. The program

import numpy as np

# Use arange to create an array of 100 elements
myarray = np.arange(1e2)
print myarray

produces an array of 100 values:

array([  0.,   1.,   2.,   3.,   4.,   5.,   6.,   7.,   8.,   9.,  10.,
       11.,  12.,  13.,  14.,  15.,  16.,  17.,  18.,  19.,  20.,  21.,
       22.,  23.,  24.,  25.,  26.,  27.,  28.,  29.,  30.,  31.,  32.,
       33.,  34.,  35.,  36.,  37.,  38.,  39.,  40.,  41.,  42.,  43.,
       44.,  45.,  46.,  47.,  48.,  49.,  50.,  51.,  52.,  53.,  54.,
       55.,  56.,  57.,  58.,  59.,  60.,  61.,  62.,  63.,  64.,  65.,
       66.,  67.,  68.,  69.,  70.,  71.,  72.,  73.,  74.,  75.,  76.,
       77.,  78.,  79.,  80.,  81.,  82.,  83.,  84.,  85.,  86.,  87.,
       88.,  89.,  90.,  91.,  92.,  93.,  94.,  95.,  96.,  97.,  98.,
       99.])