thanx guys for the replies need a little clarification srcarray=array([1.2,2.3,3.4,4.5,5.6]) destarray=array(srcarray,copy=False)
then srcarray[2]=99.9 will cause the change to be reflected in both src and dest. doesn't that mean data is shared between both arrays? but if i do destarray=array(srcarray) or destarray=srcarray.copy() then the change in one array will not affect the other,meaning no data sharing ...want to know if my understanding is right jim -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list