Re: [Numpy-discussion] Casting RecArray fields?

[dHering <vel...@gm...>]

On 1/31/06, Francesc Altet <fa...@ca...> wrote:
>
> A Dimarts 31 Gener 2006 10:46, dHering va escriure:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I need to cast fields of type 'Bool' to type 'Int32'.
> > I'm not sure how to do this.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Dieter
> >
> >
> > import numarray.records as rec
> >
> > b =3D rec.array([[23, 0],[45, 1]], names=3D' integer,
> boolean',formats=3D'Int32,
> > Bool')
> >
> > print b.field(1).type()
> > #  following line is not permissable
> > #  b.field(1) =3D b.field(1).astype('Int32')
> > b.field(1)[:] =3D b.field(1).astype('Int32')
> > print b.field(1).type()
>
> You can't do this because this implies a change on the column type
> definition (and also in the type size) of the recarray.
>
> One way that works for me, but that implies a complete data copy, is:
>
> In [15]: c =3D rec.array([b.field(0),b.field(1)], formats=3D'Int32,Int32'=
)
>
> In [16]: c.field(1)
> Out[16]: array([0, 1])
>
> HTH,
>
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Yes it helps very much Francesc.
Thank you.
Dieter