how to convert 2d list to 2d numpy array?
PythonNumpyPython Problem Overview
I have a 2D list something like
a = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]
and I want to convert it to a 2d numpy array. Can we do it without allocating memory like
numpy.zeros((3,3))
and then storing values to it?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
Just pass the list to np.array:
a = np.array(a)
You can also take this opportunity to set the dtype if the default is not what you desire.
a = np.array(a, dtype=...)
Solution 2 - Python
np.array() is even more powerful than what unutbu said above.
You also could use it to convert a list of np arrays to a higher dimention array, the following is a simple example:
aArray=np.array([1,1,1])
bArray=np.array([2,2,2])
aList=[aArray, bArray]
xArray=np.array(aList)
xArray's shape is (2,3), it's a standard np array. This operation avoids a loop programming.
Solution 3 - Python
just use following code
c = np.matrix([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]])
matrix([[1, 2, 3],
[4, 5, 6],
[7, 8, 9]])
Then it will give you
you can check shape and dimension of matrix by using following code
c.shape
c.ndim
Solution 4 - Python
I am using large data sets exported to a python file in the form
XVals1 = [.........]
XVals2 = [.........]
Each list is of identical length. I use
>>> a1 = np.array(SV.XVals1)
>>> a2 = np.array(SV.XVals2)
Then
>>> A = np.matrix([a1,a2])