Re: [Numpy-discussion] Grief with a complex value

[Robert K. <rob...@gm...>]

Colin J. Williams wrote:
>  >>> import numpy.core as _n
>  >>> _nt= _n.numerictypes
>  >>> value= 
> '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xf0?\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00@\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x08@\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x10@\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x14@\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x18@'
>  >>> _n.array(value, dtype= _nt.complex128, copy=True)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: a float is required
>  >>>
> 
> A bug?

No. array() takes sequences, not data buffers. You want frombuffer().

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Robert Kern

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