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+from benchmark import Benchmark
+
+modules = ['numpy','Numeric','numarray']
+
+b = Benchmark(modules,
+              title='Casting a (10,10) integer array to float.',
+              runs=3,reps=10000)
+
+N = [10,10]
+b['numpy'] = ('b = a.astype(int)',
+              'a=numpy.zeros(shape=%s,dtype=float)' % N)
+b['Numeric'] = ('b = a.astype("l")',
+                'a=Numeric.zeros(shape=%s,typecode="d")' % N)
+b['numarray'] = ("b = a.astype('l')",
+                 "a=numarray.zeros(shape=%s,typecode='d')" % N)
+
+b.run()