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.. Objectives
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.. At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to 
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.. 1. Create arrays using data
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.. #. Create arrays from lists
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.. #. Basic array operations
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.. #. Creating identity matrix using ``identity()`` function.
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.. #. Learn about ``zeros()``, ``zeros_like()``, ``ones()``,
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      ``ones_like()`` functions.
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.. Prerequisites
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..   1. should have ``ipython`` and ``pylab`` installed. 
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..   #. getting started with ``ipython``.
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..   #. getting started with lists.
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..  Author: Anoop Jacob Thomas <anoop@fossee.in>
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    Internal Reviewer   : Puneeth 
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    External Reviewer   :
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    Checklist OK?       : <put date stamp here, if OK> [2010-10-05]
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===========================
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Getting started with Arrays
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===========================
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.. #[Puneeth: Prerequisites and Objectives are missing. Fill them in]
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{{{ show the welcome slide }}}
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Welcome to the spoken tutorial on getting started with arrays.
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{{{ switch to next slide, outline slide }}}
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In this tutorial, we will learn about arrays, how to convert a list into an
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array and also why an array is preferred over lists. And array operations.
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.. #[Puneeth: Fix the grammar above.]
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{{{ switch to next slide on overview of array }}}
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Arrays are homogeneous data structures, unlike lists, arrays cannot have
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heterogeneous data elements, that is, it can have only one type of data
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type, either all integers, or strings, or float, and not a mix.
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.. #[Puneeth: Use multiple short sentences, rather than one long sentence
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   I would've written something like this. 
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   Unlike lists, arrays are homogeneous data structures. They can have only
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   type of data, ....]
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Arrays are really fast in mathematical operations when compared to lists,
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it is at least 80 to 100 times faster than lists.
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.. #[Puneeth: For what size of an array is that the comparison?
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{{{ switch to the next slide, creating arrays }}}
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Now let us see how to create arrays.
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I am assuming that you have your IPython interpreter running with the
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``-pylab`` option, so that you have the required modules loaded.
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.. #[Puneeth: 'I am assuming' doesn't sound right. Ask them to open if it
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.. is not open?]
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To create an array we will use the function ``array()`` as,
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    a1 = array([1,2,3,4])
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Notice that here we created a one dimensional array. Also notice the object
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we passed to create an array. Now let us see how to create a two
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dimensional array. Pause here and try to do it yourself before looking at
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the solution.
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.. #[Puneeth: I don't think this question can be solved by an average
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.. viewer. Questions during the tutorial, should generally be to re-iterate
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.. concepts learnt? ]
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.. #[Puneeth: Also, you didn't even point out that we are converting a
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.. list, using the ``array`` function. Bring the later section about
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.. converting a list, here. A separate section is not necessary, IMHO.]
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This is how we create two dimensional arrays.
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    a2 = array([[1,2,3,4],[5,6,7,8]])
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.. #[Puneeth: Again, you could explain a bit about the fact that we are
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.. converting a list of lists.]
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Let us see an easy method of creating an array with elements 1 to 8.
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    ar = arange(1,9)
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.. #[Puneeth: say, creating the same array as before. for some time I got
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And it created a single dimensional array of elements from 1 to 8.
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.. #[Puneeth: be consistent with voice. say, we obtained... or something.]
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And how can we make it a two dimensional array of order 2 by 4. Pause here
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and try to do it yourself, try ``ar.tab`` and find a suitable method for
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We can use the function ``reshape()`` for that purpose and it can be done
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    ar.reshape(2,4)
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    ar.reshape(4,2)
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    ar = ar.reshape(2,4)
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Now, let us see how to convert a list object to an array. As you have
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already seen, in both of the previous statements we have passed a list, so
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creating an array can be done so, first let us create a list ``l1``
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Create a three dimensional array of the order (2,2,4).
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To find the shape of an array we can use the object ``.shape``, let us
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``a1.shape`` object is a tuple, and since a1 is a single dimensional array,
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it returned a tuple (4,).
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.. #[Puneeth: first show a 2D array, so that it becomes easier to explain.
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{{{ Array can have only a single type of data }}}
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.. #[Puneeth: I guess, this whole section can be skipped. If you want to
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.. intro, don't explain it there.]
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Now let us try to create a new array with a mix of elements and see what
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    a4 = array([1,2,3,'a string'])
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Well, we expected an error as previously I said that an array can have only
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.. average guy wouldn't use arrays with strings.]
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{{{ highlight all the array elements one by one using mouse movements }}}
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all the elements have been implicitly type casted as string, though our
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first three elements were integers.
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.. #[Puneeth: when I type a4 it says some ``dtype`` etc. I don't understand
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An identity matrix is a square matrix in which all the diagonal elements
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are one and rest of the elements zero. We can create an identity matrix
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``zeros()`` function accepts a tuple, which is the order of the array we
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{{{ switch to the next slide, problem statement of solved exercise 1 }}}
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Let us creates an array of the order four by five with all the elements
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We learned two functions ``identity()`` and ``zeros()``, find out more
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about the functions ``zeros_like()``, ``ones()``, ``ones_like()``.
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It returned a new array with all the elements multiplied by 2.
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it returns a new array, with all the elements summed with two. But
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again notice that the value of a1 has not been changed.
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You may change the value of a1 by simply assigning the newly returned
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array as,
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Notice the change in elements of a,
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We can use all the mathematical operations with arrays, Now let us try this
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   a1 = array([1,2,3,4])
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   a2 = array([1,2,3,4])
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Returns an array with element by element addition,
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Returns an array with element by element multiplication, notice that it
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So this brings us to the end of this tutorial, in this tutorial we covered
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basics of arrays, how to create an array, converting a list to an array,
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basic array operations etc.
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