On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Siegfried Gonzi <sgo...@staffmail.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > What is the equivalent to IDL its help function, e.g. > > == > IDL> a = make_array(23,23,) > > IDL> help,a > > will result in: > > A FLOAT = Array[23, 23]
am I missing something, or is this what you get when you type a name on the command line: In [15]: a = np.ones((2,3), dtype=np.float32) In [16]: a Out[16]: array([[ 1., 1., 1.], [ 1., 1., 1.]], dtype=float32) or print a etc... -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion