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Python Data Science Essentials
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Python Data Science Essentials

by Alberto Boschetti
April 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
258 pages
5h 48m
English
Packt Publishing
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NumPy fast operation and computations

When arrays need to be manipulated by mathematical operations, you just need to apply the operation on the array with respect to a numerical constant (a scalar) or an array of the exact same shape:

In: import numpy as np
In: a =  np.arange(5).reshape(1,5)
In: a += 1
In: a*a
Out: array([[ 1,  4,  9, 16, 25]])

The result will be that the operation will be performed element-wise, that is, every element of the array is operated by either the scalar value or the corresponding element of the other array.

When operating on arrays of different dimensions, it is still possible to obtain element-wise operations without having to restructure the data in case one of the corresponding dimensions is 1. In fact, in such a case, ...

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