Hi,
I just wrote a short test for indexing into structured arrays with
strings and found this:
In [4]: a = np.zeros((1,), dtype=[('f1', 'i4')])
In [5]: a['f1']
Out[5]: array([0])
In [6]: a['f2'] # not present - error
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Hi Matt,
Actually, based on what is happening under the covers I think this behavior
makes sense.
a['f2'] would in theory grab the whole column, and so 'f2' not existing is a
field error.
a[0] on the other hand grabs the first row from the full structured array
and treats this as (key, value)
