Using NumPy to Convert Array Elements to Float Type
There are often times when it is necessary for us to convert an array in Python to a differing type. One of these times would be when given an array and having to convert it to an array of float types. This is often useful when conducting data analysis and there are a variety of ways of doing this. Whilst iterating through the array and using Pythons inbuilt float[] casting function is perfectly valid, NumPy offers us some even more elegant ways to conduct the same procedure.
Method 1 : Here, we can utilize the astype[] function that is offered by NumPy. This function creates another copy of the initial array with the specified data type, float in this case, and we can then assign this copy to a specific identifier, which is convertedArray. Note that the data type is specified in terms of NumPy, mainly because of the constraints of the NumPy astype[] function, which will only take NumPy types as parameters.
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# Process utilizing astype[] function
# Import NumPy Library
import numpy as np
# Initialize our Array with Strings
# The String Type is denoted by the quotes ""
initialArray = ["1.1", "2.2", "3.3", "4.4"]
# Convert initial Array to NumPy Array
# Use the array[] function
sampleArray = np.array[initialArray]
# Print our Initial Array
print["Our initial array: ", str[initialArray]]
print["Original type: " + str[type[initialArray[0]]]]
# Actual Conversion of Array
# Note usage of astype[] function
# np.float can be changed to represent differing types
convertedArray = sampleArray.astype[np.float]
# Print our final result
# Note that usage of str[] is due to Python conventions
print["Our final array: ", str[convertedArray]]
print["Final type: " + str[type[convertedArray[0]]]]
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Output :
Our initial array: ['1.1', '2.2', '3.3', '4.4'] Original type: Our final array: [1.1 2.2 3.3 4.4] Final type:Method 2 : Here, we will utilize the asarray[] function that is offered by NumPy.
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# Process utilizing asarray[] function
# Import NumPy Library
import numpy as np
# Initialize our array
# Note, once again, that this is of type String
# Non-NumPy arrays can be used
initialArray = np.array[["1.1", "2.2", "3.3", "4.4"]]
# Print our initial array
print["Our Initial Array: ", str[initialArray]]
print["Original type: " + str[type[initialArray[0]]]]
# Actual conversion of array
# Note that we utilize np.float64 as the finalize data type
finalArray = np.asarray[initialArray, dtype = np.float64,
order ='C']
# Print our converted array
print["Our Final Array: ", str[finalArray]]
print["Final type: " + str[type[finalArray[0]]]]
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Output :
Our initial array: ['1.1', '2.2', '3.3', '4.4'] Original type: Our final array: [1.1 2.2 3.3 4.4] Final type: