[Numpy-discussion] Medians that ignore values

[Pierre GM]

On Friday 19 September 2008 14:01:13 Eric Firing wrote:
> Pierre GM wrote:

> 2) convenient interfacing with extension code in C or C++.
>
> The latter is a factor in the present use of nan in matplotlib; using
> nan for missing values in an array passed into extension code saves
> having to pass and process a second (mask) array.  It is fast and simple.

As long as you deal with floats.