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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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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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54 Array objects support the following data items and methods:
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135 Convert the array to an array of machine values and return the
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149 string if the \var{typecode} is \code{'c'}, otherwise it is a list of
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150 numbers. The string is guaranteed to be able to be converted back to
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151 an array with the same type and value using reverse quotes
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154 \begin{verbatim}
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155 array('l')
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156 array('c', 'hello world')
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157 array('l', [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
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158 array('d', [1.0, 2.0, 3.14])
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