Hi, To rephrase:
Is it possible, in fact, to do an inplace sort on an array with axis=None (ie flat sort)? Should the sort method have its docstring changed to reflect the fact that axis=None is not valid? Matthew On Feb 10, 2008 7:50 PM, Matthew Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I just noticed this: > > From the sort method docstring: > > axis : integer > Axis to be sorted along. None indicates that the flattened array > should be used. Default is -1. > > In [40]: import numpy as N > > In [41]: a = N.arange(10) > > In [42]: N.sort(a, None) > Out[42]: array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]) > > In [43]: a.sort(None) > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TypeError Traceback (most recent call last) > > /home/mb312/<ipython console> in <module>() > > TypeError: an integer is required > > > Perhaps the sort method is calling the c code directly, and this is > not checking for axis=None? > > Matthew > _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
