[Numpy-discussion] Zeroing an existing array

[Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr.]

What is the official way to zero out an array in numarray/Numeric?

While I can create a new array of all zeros and then assign it to the old 
variable, this is extremely wasteful of memory.

Currently, I am just using:

>>> import numarray
>>> a = numarray.arange(6)
>>> a
array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
>>> a[:] = 0.0
>>> a
array([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])

I looked through the manual for a function or array mathod which would
accomplish the same thing, but I didn't find an obvious one.  Did I miss
something obvious?

Thanks,
-a