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

[Alan G Isaac]

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Alexander Michael apparently wrote:
> I want to format an array of numbers as strings. 

To what end?
Note that tofile has a format option.
And for 1d array ``x`` you can always do::

    strdata = list( fmt%xi for xi in x)

Nice because the counter name does not "bleed" into your program.

Cheers,
Alan Isaac