On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 8:19:33 PM UTC-4, Harrison Chudleigh wrote: > I was programming a computer game and found that while 1D arrays can be > created using the module array, there is no module for two-dimensional > arrays, unlike languages like C. Currently, the closest thing Python has to > a 2D array is a dictionary containing lists. > > I propose that a module , 2DArray, be added to the standard library. This > module will include: > Assignment and retrieval on items on a two-dimensional, finite rectangular > grid. Types are integer, float, character and string. > Resizing the grid - parameters are old size and new size. Any new elements > are initialized with a value of 0 for int, 0.0 for float and ' ' for string > and character arrays. > Removing elements. The parameter is the location. After removal, the value > returned is 0 for int, 0.0 for float and ' ' for string and character > arrays. > A function, pop(), which removes elements from the grid and then returns > them. > > Is this idea PEPable?
People who need arrays like this generally use numpy, which has good support for N-dimensional arrays and all of the operations you'd like on them. I don't think Python would consider adding something like this to the standard library since numpy is available. --Ned. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
