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Home Forums kdb+ embedPy: q list imported as numpy array Re: embedPy: q list imported as numpy array

  • davidcrossey

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    October 10, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Hi Simon,

    Please find some insight from our team as follows;

    embedpy defaults to numpy arrays because that makes a lot more sense for the typical usage pattern.

    numpy arrays behave enough like lists that this is usually not a problem.

    In a rare case that it is, it’s reasonable to do explicit conversion by calling list(). it’s exposed to q as .p.list, so e.g. to pass a float vector to print() as a python list instead of a numpy array,

     

    q).p.print .p.list 1 2 3f 
    [1.0, 2.0, 3.0]

     

    That’s exactly the same as doing that in python, but saves defining a function

     

    q).p.eval["lambda x:print(list(x))";1 2 3f] 
    [1.0, 2.0, 3.0]

     

    Thanks for adding your question on the portal!

    Kind regards,

    David