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| author | Miguel de Val-Borro <miguel.deval@gmail.com> | 2013-11-11 13:45:51 -0500 |
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| committer | Miguel de Val-Borro <miguel.deval@gmail.com> | 2013-11-11 13:46:52 -0500 |
| commit | e1e021dde998b778de0f1adb397abc523a4ccb62 (patch) | |
| tree | 3e199160cded26ead419490e9876983f28405e53 /numpy/doc/byteswapping.py | |
| parent | 6132b9832d06a81457ff931c42ac09408f7b0398 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-e1e021dde998b778de0f1adb397abc523a4ccb62.tar.gz | |
DOC: Add an example of casting array type and byte order using astype.
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diff --git a/numpy/doc/byteswapping.py b/numpy/doc/byteswapping.py index 8632e9794..ffefe3168 100644 --- a/numpy/doc/byteswapping.py +++ b/numpy/doc/byteswapping.py @@ -134,5 +134,14 @@ the previous operations: >>> swapped_end_arr.tostring() == big_end_str False +An easier way of casting the data to a specific dtype and byte ordering +can be achieved with the ndarray astype method: + +>>> swapped_end_arr = big_end_arr.astype('<i2') +>>> swapped_end_arr[0] +1 +>>> swapped_end_arr.tostring() == big_end_str +False + """ from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function |