[Numpy-discussion] Shift or rotate command?

[Angus M. <am...@gm...>]

Hi all,

Other data languages that I have worked with have a routine for shifting
data along axes, with wrapping.
In IDL it's called 'shift', and works such that
print, a
0 1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11

print, shift(a, 2, 0)
2 3 0 1
6 7 4 5
10 11 8 9

print, shift(a, 2, 1)
10 11 8 9
2 3 0 1
6 7 4 5

In pdl (pdl.perl.org) the equivalent routine is called rotate. Is there a
version of this in numpy, or can it be easily achieved using existing
technology - I could do it with multiple sliced assignment statements but
that seems very clunky and likely slow. I've looked through the examples and
the numpy book but without success.

Angus.
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