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NumPy Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Ivan Idris
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NumPy Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Ivan Idris

Overview of this book

<p>NumPy has the ability to give you speed and high productivity. High performance calculations can be done easily with clean and efficient code, and it allows you to execute complex algebraic and mathematical computations in no time.</p> <p>This book will give you a solid foundation in NumPy arrays and universal functions. Starting with the installation and configuration of IPython, you'll learn about advanced indexing and array concepts along with commonly used yet effective functions. You will then cover practical concepts such as image processing, special arrays, and universal functions. You will also learn about plotting with Matplotlib and the related SciPy project with the help of examples. At the end of the book, you will study how to explore atmospheric pressure and its related techniques. By the time you finish this book, you'll be able to write clean and fast code with NumPy.</p>
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
NumPy Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating a universal function


We can create a universal function from a Python function with the frompyfunc() NumPy function.

How to do it...

The following steps help us create a universal function:

  1. Define a simple Python function that doubles the input:

    def double(a):
        return 2 * a
  2. Create the universal function with frompyfunc(). Specify the number of input arguments and the number of objects (both are equal to 1) returned:

    from __future__ import print_function
    import numpy as np
    
    def double(a):
       return 2 * a
    
    ufunc = np.frompyfunc(double, 1, 1)
    print("Result", ufunc(np.arange(4)))

    The code prints the following output when executed:

    Result [0 2 4 6]
    

How it works...

We defined a Python function that doubles the numbers it receives. Actually, we can also have strings as the input, as that is legal in Python. We created a universal function from this Python function with the frompyfunc() NumPy function. A universal function is a NumPy class with special features such as broadcasting and element...