[Numpy-discussion] How do I do this?

[Christopher Barker]

Alan G Isaac wrote:
> Does this do what you want?
> idx = np.abs(a)<min_value
> a[idx] = min_value

out of interest, is there any performance difference between:

a[np.abs(a)<min_value] = min_value

and:

a = np.where(np.abs(a)<min_value, min_value, a)

I think the former is more readable.

-Chris




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