[Numpy-discussion] yet another trivial question

[Joe Kington]

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to convert some matlab code.  I see this:
>
> b(1)=[];
>
> AFAICT, this removes the first element of the array, shifting the others.
>
> What is the preferred numpy equivalent?
>
> I'm not sure if
>
> b[:] = b[1:]
>

Unless I'm missing something, don't you just want:

    b = b[1:]


>
> is safe or not
>


It's not exactly the same as the matlab equivalent, as matlab will always
make a copy, and this will be a view of the same array.  For example, if
you do something like this:

    import numpy as np

    a = np.arange(10)

    b = a[1:]

    b[3] = 1000

    print a
    print b

You'll see that modifying "b" in-place will modify "a" as well, as "b" is
just a view into "a".  This wouldn't be the case in matlab (if I remember
correctly, anyway...).

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