[SciPy-dev] Matrix Structure Plots in scipy ?

[Nils Wagner]

Hi all,

First of all I would like to thank Pearu for implementing
Matrix Market I/O support !

The number of outputs is more than described in help (io.mmio)


    mmread(source)
        Reads the contents of the Matrix Market file 'filename' into the 
matrix 'A'.

        Inputs:

          source    - Matrix Market filename (extension .mtx) or open 
file object.

        Outputs:

          a         - sparse or full matrix

Actually

b,m,n,s = mmread('young1c')

should be used.

Is it possible to generate matrix structure plots in scipy ?
http://math.nist.gov/MatrixMarket/structureplots.html

BTW, there is another "important" matrix format namely matrices 
generated by NASTRAN (commercial Finite Element program).There exists 
already a tool that can read and write both dense and sparse matrices, 
either real or complex, either little or big endian, and either text 
(any precision) or binary. You can find the code by downloading

http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/tops/tops/usr/extra/op4tools/

Pearu, please can you manage the support of this format in scipy too ?
I believe devoutly, that many users will appreciate this feature.

Thanks in advance

                                     Nils