Array Recipes

array-recipes.md

Get elements from a multi-dimensional array

import functools
import operator
def arrget(array,tup):
	'''
	Given a tuple containing the dimensional indices, retrieve that element from a multi-dimensional array
	'''
	return functools.reduce(lambda arr, idx: operator.getitem(arr,idx), tup, array)

Transpose an array

import itertools
def transpose(array):
	T = type(array)
	return T(itertools.zip_longest(*array))