[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #483: Junk in the representation of string fields of recarrays

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#483: Junk in the representation of string fields of recarrays
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 Reporter:  faltet  |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:          
Component:  Other   |     Version:          
 Severity:  normal  |    Keywords:          
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 The next exposes the problem:

 {{{
 In [27]:r=numpy.array([['abc']], dtype=[('var1', '|S20')])
 In [28]:r['var1']
 Out[28]:
 array([['abc\xb7\x08\xc1+\x08\xc0>\xde\xb7@\xec\x95\xb7`\xec\x95\xb7']],
       dtype='|S20')
 In [30]:r['var1'][0]
 Out[30]:
 array(['abc\xb7\x08\xc1+\x08\xc0>\xde\xb7@\xec\x95\xb7`\xec\x95\xb7'],
       dtype='|S20')
 In [31]:r['var1'][0][0]
 Out[31]:'abc\xb7\x08\xc1+\x08\xc0>\xde\xb7@\xec\x95\xb7`\xec\x95\xb7'
 In [32]:str(r['var1'][0][0])
 Out[32]:'abc\xb7\x08\xc1+\x08\xc0>\xde\xb7@\xec\x95\xb7`\xec\x95\xb7'
 }}}

 This seems to be a problem related only with string fields on recarrays,
 because I'm not able to reproduce it on plain string arrays:

 {{{
 In [34]:s2=numpy.array([['abc']], dtype='S20')
 In [35]:s2
 Out[35]:
 array([['abc']],
       dtype='|S20')
 In [36]:s2[0][0]
 Out[36]:'abc'
 In [37]:str(s2[0][0])
 Out[37]:'abc'
 }}}

 Using 1.0.2.dev3546 here.

 Thanks!

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