"Robert Kern" <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.631.1268335358.23598.python-l...@python.org... > On 2010-03-11 13:01 PM, Cal Who wrote: >> data = readdata( 'data/input.dat', delimiter = ',' ) >> >> input = data[:, :9]#nine data columns >> >> >> >> Where can I find documentation for the >> >> data[:,9] >> >> in the code above. >> >> Been looking and found many examples but would like to know the >> definition. > > When asking questions like this, it helps *a lot* to provide a complete > example, not just a snippet. If I weren't already intimately familiar with > the library you are using, I would have no idea how to help you. > > However, I do know that input object is a numpy array, and the syntax you > are asking about is multidimensional slicing. > > http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/arrays.indexing.html > >> I need to skip the first column and then read 9 > > data[:, 1:10] > >> I would also like to print the data in ihe variable "input" > > print input > > -- > Robert Kern > > "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless > enigma > that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it > had > an underlying truth." > -- Umberto Eco > Thanks, that helped a lot.
I'm having trouble knowing what to search for to find documenatation. For example, is print a Python command, a numpy command or a java command? I like to read the documentation even if the command is working for me. Thanks again -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
