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1 \section{\module{array} ---
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2 Efficient arrays of numeric values}
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4 \declaremodule{builtin}{array}
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5 \modulesynopsis{Efficient arrays of uniformly typed numeric values.}
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8 This module defines a new object type which can efficiently represent
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9 an array of basic values: characters, integers, floating point
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10 numbers. Arrays\index{arrays} are sequence types and behave very much
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11 like lists, except that the type of objects stored in them is
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12 constrained. The type is specified at object creation time by using a
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13 \dfn{type code}, which is a single character. The following type
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14 codes are defined:
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16 \begin{tableiv}{c|l|l|c}{code}{Type code}{C Type}{Python Type}{Minimum size in bytes}
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17 \lineiv{'c'}{char} {character} {1}
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18 \lineiv{'b'}{signed char} {int} {1}
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19 \lineiv{'B'}{unsigned char} {int} {1}
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20 \lineiv{'h'}{signed short} {int} {2}
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21 \lineiv{'H'}{unsigned short}{int} {2}
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22 \lineiv{'i'}{signed int} {int} {2}
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23 \lineiv{'I'}{unsigned int} {long} {2}
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24 \lineiv{'l'}{signed long} {int} {4}
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25 \lineiv{'L'}{unsigned long} {long} {4}
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26 \lineiv{'f'}{float} {float} {4}
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27 \lineiv{'d'}{double} {float} {8}
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28 \end{tableiv}
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30 The actual representation of values is determined by the machine
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31 architecture (strictly speaking, by the C implementation). The actual
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32 size can be accessed through the \member{itemsize} attribute. The values
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33 stored for \code{'L'} and \code{'I'} items will be represented as
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34 Python long integers when retrieved, because Python's plain integer
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38 The module defines the following function and type object:
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40 \begin{funcdesc}{array}{typecode\optional{, initializer}}
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41 Return a new array whose items are restricted by \var{typecode}, and
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42 initialized from the optional \var{initializer} value, which must be a
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43 list or a string. The list or string is passed to the new array's
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44 \method{fromlist()} or \method{fromstring()} method (see below) to add
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45 initial items to the array.
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46 \end{funcdesc}
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48 \begin{datadesc}{ArrayType}
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49 Type object corresponding to the objects returned by
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50 \function{array()}.
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54 Array objects support the ordinary sequence operations of
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55 indexing, slicing, concatenation, and multiplication. When using
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56 slice assignment, the assigned value must be an array object with the
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57 same type code; in all other cases, \exception{TypeError} is raised.
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58 Array objects also implement the buffer interface, and may be used
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59 wherever buffer objects are supported.
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61 Array objects support the following data items and methods:
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63 \begin{memberdesc}[array]{typecode}
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64 The typecode character used to create the array.
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67 \begin{memberdesc}[array]{itemsize}
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68 The length in bytes of one array item in the internal representation.
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69 \end{memberdesc}
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72 \begin{methoddesc}[array]{append}{x}
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73 Append a new item with value \var{x} to the end of the array.
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80 computed as \code{\var{array}.buffer_info()[1] *
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82 low-level (and inherently unsafe) I/O interfaces that require memory
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83 addresses, such as certain \cfunction{ioctl()} operations. The
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85 length-changing operations are applied to it.
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92 the \citetitle[../api/newTypes.html]{Python/C API Reference Manual}.}
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93 \end{methoddesc}
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95 \begin{methoddesc}[array]{byteswap}{}
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102 \begin{methoddesc}[array]{count}{x}
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103 Return the number of occurences of \var{x} in the array.
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108 arrays must have \emph{exactly} the same type code; if not,
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112 \begin{methoddesc}[array]{fromfile}{f, n}
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113 Read \var{n} items (as machine values) from the file object \var{f}
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114 and append them to the end of the array. If less than \var{n} items
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119 \end{methoddesc}
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121 \begin{methoddesc}[array]{fromlist}{list}
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123 \samp{for x in \var{list}:\ a.append(x)}
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127 \begin{methoddesc}[array]{fromstring}{s}
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128 Appends items from the string, interpreting the string as an
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