OK, thanks to all. The key statement is "from array import array" which is not exactly intuitive! Gord
"John Machin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bernard wrote: >> On 12 nov, 20:19, "Gordon C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Absolute newbie here. In spite of the Python Software Foundation >> > tutorial's >> > (http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html) use of the array >> > declaration >> > array(type[,initializer]), the Python interpreter does NOT accept the >> > word >> > array! It , presumably, needs to have an import <something> included. >> > Could >> > some show me how to declare arrays with some basic examples? >> > Gord. >> >> hey Gordon, >> >> here's a good reading for you: http://effbot.org/zone/python-list.htm > > Hey Bernard, read Gordon's message carefully; he's asking about > arrays, not lists. > > Hey Gordon, You seem a little lost; here's the tutorial reference: > http://docs.python.org/tut/node13.html#SECTION0013700000000000000000 > which produces: > """ > The array module provides an array() object that is like a list that > stores only homogenous data and stores it more compactly. The > following example shows an array of numbers stored as two byte > unsigned binary numbers (typecode "H") rather than the usual 16 bytes > per entry for regular lists of python int objects: > > > >>> from array import array > >>> a = array('H', [4000, 10, 700, 22222]) > >>> sum(a) > 26932 > >>> a[1:3] > array('H', [10, 700]) > """ > > The 2nd word (array) is a link (http://docs.python.org/lib/module- > array.html) to the docs for the array module. > > Cheers, > John > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
