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| author | Jarrod Millman <millman@berkeley.edu> | 2009-11-13 17:50:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarrod Millman <millman@berkeley.edu> | 2009-11-13 17:50:02 +0000 |
| commit | 6e91f0f59818c5bc9021f1913764bb667811fbcc (patch) | |
| tree | f33d42be24ea2ea9c4f1dc2c052997c37b847e7e /doc/source/reference/arrays.classes.rst | |
| parent | f07c79d3709a7f81219abc3c516fd772f469c167 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-6e91f0f59818c5bc9021f1913764bb667811fbcc.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/doc/source/reference/arrays.classes.rst b/doc/source/reference/arrays.classes.rst index 6d5e7bde0..51d97e53a 100644 --- a/doc/source/reference/arrays.classes.rst +++ b/doc/source/reference/arrays.classes.rst @@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ Character arrays (:mod:`numpy.char`) .. note:: The chararray module exists for backwards compatibility with Numarray, it is not recommended for new development. If one needs - arrays of strings, use arrays of `dtype` `object_`, `string_` or - `unicode_`. + arrays of strings, use arrays of `dtype` `object_`, `str` or + `unicode`. These are enhanced arrays of either :class:`string_` type or :class:`unicode_` type. These arrays inherit from the @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ character type. In addition, the :class:`chararray` has all of the standard :class:`string <str>` (and :class:`unicode`) methods, executing them on an element-by-element basis. Perhaps the easiest way to create a chararray is to use :meth:`self.view(chararray) -<ndarray.view>` where *self* is an ndarray of string or unicode +<ndarray.view>` where *self* is an ndarray of str or unicode data-type. However, a chararray can also be created using the :meth:`numpy.chararray` constructor, or via the :func:`numpy.char.array <core.defchararray.array>` function: @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ data-type. However, a chararray can also be created using the chararray core.defchararray.array -Another difference with the standard ndarray of string data-type is +Another difference with the standard ndarray of str data-type is that the chararray inherits the feature introduced by Numarray that white-space at the end of any element in the array will be ignored on item retrieval and comparison operations. |