From: Travis O. <oli...@ee...> - 2006-10-03 17:47:55
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Tim Hochberg wrote: >Francesc Altet wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>I thought that numpy.isscalar was a good way of distinguising a numpy scalar >>from a python scalar, but it seems not: >> >> >> >> >>>>>numpy.isscalar(numpy.string_('3')) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>True >> >> >> >>>>>numpy.isscalar('3') >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>True >> >>Is there an easy (and fast, if possible) way to check whether an object is a >>numpy scalar or a python one? >> >> >> >> >It looks like isinstance(x, numpy.generic) works, but I didn't test it >extensively. > > > That should definitely work. All the array scalars are in a hierarchy inheriting from numpy.generic. There are also sub-levels (numpy.integer, numpy.inexact, etc...) -Travis |