On 23 mei, 09:12, Marc Oldenhof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm pretty new to Python, but use it a lot lately. I'm getting a crazy > error trying to do operations on a string list after importing numpy. > Minimal example: > > [start Python] > > Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310 32 bit > (Intel)] on win32 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > > >>> a=['1','2','3'] > >>> all(a) > True > >>> from numpy import * > >>> all(a) > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\fromnumeric.py", line > 982, in all > return _wrapit(a, 'all', axis, out) > File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\fromnumeric.py", line > 37, in _wrapit > result = getattr(asarray(obj),method)(*args, **kwds) > TypeError: cannot perform reduce with flexible type > > [end of example] > > It seems that Python calls numpy's "all" instead of the standard one, > is that right? If so, how can I call the standard "all" after the > numpy import? ["import numpy" is not a desirable option, I use a lot > of math in my progs] > > Is there another way around this error? > > Marc
Never mind, I found a way. For reference: >>> import __builtin__ >>> __builtin__.all(a) True Works! Marc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
