Hi Ben, Thanks for your prompt response.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> wrote: > >> >> Rather than recarrays, I just use structured arrays like so: >> >> A = np.array([(0, 0), (0, 0), (0, 0), (0, 0)], >> dtype=[('x', '<u2'), ('y', '<u2')]) >> >> I can then do: >> >> A['x'][0] >> >> Or >> >> A[0]['x'] >> >> This allows me to slice and access the data any way I want. I have even >> been able to use this dictionary idiom to format strings and such. >> >> Does that help? >> Ben Root > > Sorry, didn't see that you have nested dtypes. Is there a particular reason > why you need record arrays over structured arrays? It's really a matter of how much dereferencing of substructures occurs, and how much extra typing that turns into. A['x'][0] -> 4 extra characters per field lookup, vs A.x[0] / A[0].x -> 1 extra character per field lookup. There's also an issue of highlighting -- I'd prefer x to be highlighted in the style of an attribute, not a string, when I'm editing source. A['x'] obviously precludes this. I have considered normal structured arrays -- repeatedly, after being frustrated by this recarray behaviour. However, I'd like to achieve some kind of resolution here -- even if it is just this unexpected behaviour being properly documented. David _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion