[Numpy-discussion] Transforming an array of numbers to an array of formatted strings

[Alexander Michael]

Is there a better way than looping to perform the following transformation?

>>> import numpy
>>> int_data = numpy.arange(1,11, dtype=int) # just an example
>>> str_data = int_data.astype('S4')
>>> for i in xrange(len(int_data)):
...     str_data[i] = 'S%03d' % int_data[i]

>>> print str_data
['S001' 'S002' 'S003' 'S004' 'S005' 'S006' 'S007' 'S008' 'S009' 'S010']

That is, I want to format an array of numbers as strings.

Thanks,
Alex
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