On May 26, 7:43 am, Alexzive <zasaconsult...@gmail.com> wrote: > thank you all for the tips. > I 'll try them soon. > > I also notice another bottleneck, when python tries to access some > array data stored in the odb files (---> in text below), even before > starting the algoritm: > > ### > EPS_nodes = range(len(frames)) > for f in frames: > ... sum = 0 > ---> UN = F[f].fieldOutputs['U'].getSubset(region=TOP).values <--- > ... EPS_nodes[f] = UN[10].data[Scomp-1]/L3 > > ### > > unfortunately I don't have time to learn cython. Using dictionaries > sounds promising. > Thanks! > Alex > > On May 26, 8:14 am, Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: > > > Alexzive, 25.05.2010 21:05: > > > > is there a way to improve the performance of the attached code ? it > > > takes about 5 h on a dual-core (using only one core) when len(V) > > > ~1MIL. V is an array which is supposed to store all the volumes of > > > tetrahedral elements of a grid whose coord. are stored in NN (accessed > > > trough the list of tetraelements --> EL) > > > Consider using Cython for your algorithm. It has direct support for NumPy > > arrays and translates to fast C code. > > > Stefan
The SIMPL toolkit (http://www.icanprogram.com/06py/lesson1/ lesson1.html) might be a simpler way to offload some processing to faster C code. bob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list