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diff --git a/numpy/core/numeric.py b/numpy/core/numeric.py index 89f56fa09..7675386e7 100644 --- a/numpy/core/numeric.py +++ b/numpy/core/numeric.py @@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ def correlate(a, v, mode='valid'): -------- convolve : Discrete, linear convolution of two one-dimensional sequences. multiarray.correlate : Old, no conjugate, version of correlate. + scipy.signal.correlate : uses FFT which has superior performance on large arrays. Notes ----- @@ -720,6 +721,11 @@ def correlate(a, v, mode='valid'): which is related to ``c_{av}[k]`` by ``c'_{av}[k] = c_{av}[-k]``. + `numpy.correlate` may perform slowly in large arrays (i.e. n = 1e5) because it does + not use the FFT to compute the convolution; in that case, `scipy.signal.correlate` might + be preferable. + + Examples -------- >>> np.correlate([1, 2, 3], [0, 1, 0.5]) |