Chapter 2. NumPy Arrays
After installing NumPy and other key Python-programming libraries and getting some code to work, it's time to pass over NumPy arrays. This chapter acquaints you with the fundamentals of NumPy and arrays. At the end of this chapter, you will have a basic understanding of NumPy arrays and their related functions.
The topics we will address in this chapter are as follows:
- Data types
- Array types
- Type conversions
- Creating arrays
- Indexing
- Fancy indexing
- Slicing
- Manipulating shapes
The NumPy array object
NumPy has a multidimensional array object called ndarray. It consists of two parts, which are as follows:
- The actual data
- Some metadata describing the data
The bulk of array procedures leaves the raw information unaffected; the sole facet that ...
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