Re: [Numpy-discussion] dtype=object behavior change from 0.9.6 to beta 1

[Charles R H. <cha...@gm...>]

On 8/31/06, Tom Denniston <tom...@al...> wrote:
>
> But i have hetergenious arrays that have numbers and strings and NoneType,
> etc.
>
> Take for instance:
>
> In [11]: numpy.array([numpy.array([1,'A', None]),
> numpy.array([2,2,'Some string'])], dtype=object)
> Out[11]:
> array([[1, A, None],
>        [2, 2, Some string]], dtype=object)
>
> In [12]: numpy.array([numpy.array([1,'A', None]),
> numpy.array([2,2,'Some string'])], dtype=object).shape
> Out[12]: (2, 3)
>
> Works fine in Numeric and pre beta numpy but in beta numpy versions i get:


I think you want:

In [59]: a = array([array([1,'A', None],dtype=object),array([2,2,'Some
string'],dtype=object)])

In [60]: a.shape
Out[60]: (2, 3)

Which makes good sense to me.

Chuck