numarray

[Ben Champion]

I have installed python 2.3.3 on my windows machine have have ran
several programs succesfully. I have also installed numarray 1.1 for
my version of python and am now trying to create arrays using the
array command, eg

Import Numeric
a = array([1, 2, 3])
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in -toplevel-
a = array([1, 2, 3])
NameError: name 'array' is not defined

if I just enter
Import Numeric
I get

indicating that numarray is installed correctly.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

Ben

[Diez B. Roggisch]

> if I just enter

Import Numeric
I get

indicating that numarray is installed correctly.

What am I doing wrong?

I doubt that that works. "Import" won't do it - it yields a syntax error.

What you meant is

import Numarray

But you have to keep in mind that importing a module that way will not put
it in the global namespace. So you have to qualify function names:

Numarray.array

Or you import them using the "from" syntax, which will bind the Numarray
names in the global namespace:

from Numarray import *
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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch

[Robert Kern]

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:

if I just enter

>Import Numeric

I get
indicating that numarray is installed correctly.

What am I doing wrong?

I doubt that that works. "Import" won't do it - it yields a syntax error.

What you meant is

import Numarray

Actually,

import numarray

Note the case. In addition,

import Numeric

will import Numeric, not numarray. But otherwise, Diez is correct.

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Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
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[Roberto Antonio Ferreira De Almeida]

Ben Champion wrote:

I have installed python 2.3.3 on my windows machine have have ran
several programs succesfully. I have also installed numarray 1.1 for
my version of python and am now trying to create arrays using the
array command, eg

Import Numeric
a = array([1, 2, 3])
These are two different modules: numarray is one, and Numeric is the
other. If you installed numarray, you should use:
import numarray
Also note the lowercase 'import'.

As another poster pointed out, the 'array' function is not in the global
namespace. You have to use:
a = numarray.array([1,2,3])
Or alternatively:
from numarray import *
a = array([1,2,3])

What I usually do, since Numeric and numarray are mostly compatible is:

try:
import numarray as N
except ImportError:
import Numeric as N

a = N.array([1,2,3])

This way you'll use numarray if it is available, otherwise you fallback
to Numeric.

[Diez B. Roggisch]

>

Actually,

import numarray

Note the case. In addition,

import Numeric

will import Numeric, not numarray. But otherwise, Diez is correct.

I actually _used_ Numeric as that is what is installed on my machine :) So I
couldn't verify that Numarray is not working...

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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch