From c0a61b2e16b6909df5d406087ed0fd923d9edfbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hklemm <hanno.klemm@maerskoil.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:07:23 +0200
Subject: Update structured_arrays.py

The behaviour documented did not match the actual behaviour of numpy. Explanation changed and the code example updated.
---
 numpy/doc/structured_arrays.py | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'numpy/doc/structured_arrays.py')

diff --git a/numpy/doc/structured_arrays.py b/numpy/doc/structured_arrays.py
index be3d5cc7d..304184d0d 100644
--- a/numpy/doc/structured_arrays.py
+++ b/numpy/doc/structured_arrays.py
@@ -191,12 +191,11 @@ Notice that `x` is created with a list of tuples. ::
        (1.0, [[2.0, 6.0], [2.0, 6.0]])],
       dtype=[('x', '<f4'), ('value', '<f4', (2, 2))])
 
-Notice that the fields are always returned in the same order regardless of
-the sequence they are asked for. ::
+The fields are returned in the order they are asked for.::
 
  >>> x[['y','x']]
- array([(1.5, 2.5), (3.0, 4.0), (1.0, 3.0)],
-      dtype=[('x', '<f4'), ('y', '<f4')])
+ array([(2.5, 1.5), (4.0, 3.0), (3.0, 1.0)], 
+      dtype=[('y', '<f4'), ('x', '<f4')])
 
 Filling structured arrays
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