gistfile1.py

# Based on scitools meshgrid
def meshgrid(*xi, **kwargs):
    """
    Return coordinate matrices from coordinate vectors.

    Make N-D coordinate arrays for vectorized evaluations of
    N-D scalar/vector fields over N-D grids, given
    one-dimensional coordinate arrays x1, x2,..., xn.

    .. versionchanged:: 1.9
       1-D and 0-D cases are allowed.

    Parameters
    ----------
    x1, x2,..., xn : array_like
        1-D arrays representing the coordinates of a grid.
    indexing : {'xy', 'ij'}, optional
        Cartesian ('xy', default) or matrix ('ij') indexing of output.
        See Notes for more details.

        .. versionadded:: 1.7.0
    sparse : bool, optional
        If True a sparse grid is returned in order to conserve memory.
        Default is False.

        .. versionadded:: 1.7.0
    copy : bool, optional
        If False, a view into the original arrays are returned in order to
        conserve memory.  Default is True.  Please note that
        ``sparse=False, copy=False`` will likely return non-contiguous
        arrays.  Furthermore, more than one element of a broadcast array
        may refer to a single memory location.  If you need to write to the
        arrays, make copies first.

        .. versionadded:: 1.7.0

    Returns
    -------
    X1, X2,..., XN : ndarray
        For vectors `x1`, `x2`,..., 'xn' with lengths ``Ni=len(xi)`` ,
        return ``(N1, N2, N3,...Nn)`` shaped arrays if indexing='ij'
        or ``(N2, N1, N3,...Nn)`` shaped arrays if indexing='xy'
        with the elements of `xi` repeated to fill the matrix along
        the first dimension for `x1`, the second for `x2` and so on.

    Notes
    -----
    This function supports both indexing conventions through the indexing
    keyword argument.  Giving the string 'ij' returns a meshgrid with
    matrix indexing, while 'xy' returns a meshgrid with Cartesian indexing.
    In the 2-D case with inputs of length M and N, the outputs are of shape
    (N, M) for 'xy' indexing and (M, N) for 'ij' indexing.  In the 3-D case
    with inputs of length M, N and P, outputs are of shape (N, M, P) for
    'xy' indexing and (M, N, P) for 'ij' indexing.  The difference is
    illustrated by the following code snippet::

        xv, yv = meshgrid(x, y, sparse=False, indexing='ij')
        for i in range(nx):
            for j in range(ny):
                # treat xv[i,j], yv[i,j]

        xv, yv = meshgrid(x, y, sparse=False, indexing='xy')
        for i in range(nx):
            for j in range(ny):
                # treat xv[j,i], yv[j,i]

    In the 1-D and 0-D case, the indexing and sparse keywords have no effect.

    See Also
    --------
    index_tricks.mgrid : Construct a multi-dimensional "meshgrid"
                     using indexing notation.
    index_tricks.ogrid : Construct an open multi-dimensional "meshgrid"
                     using indexing notation.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> nx, ny = (3, 2)
    >>> x = np.linspace(0, 1, nx)
    >>> y = np.linspace(0, 1, ny)
    >>> xv, yv = meshgrid(x, y)
    >>> xv
    array([[ 0. ,  0.5,  1. ],
           [ 0. ,  0.5,  1. ]])
    >>> yv
    array([[ 0.,  0.,  0.],
           [ 1.,  1.,  1.]])
    >>> xv, yv = meshgrid(x, y, sparse=True)  # make sparse output arrays
    >>> xv
    array([[ 0. ,  0.5,  1. ]])
    >>> yv
    array([[ 0.],
           [ 1.]])

    `meshgrid` is very useful to evaluate functions on a grid.

    >>> x = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.1)
    >>> y = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.1)
    >>> xx, yy = meshgrid(x, y, sparse=True)
    >>> z = np.sin(xx**2 + yy**2) / (xx**2 + yy**2)
    >>> h = plt.contourf(x,y,z)

    """
    ndim = len(xi)

    copy_ = kwargs.pop('copy', True)
    sparse = kwargs.pop('sparse', False)
    indexing = kwargs.pop('indexing', 'xy')

    if kwargs:
        raise TypeError("meshgrid() got an unexpected keyword argument '%s'"
                        % (list(kwargs)[0],))

    if indexing not in ['xy', 'ij']:
        raise ValueError(
            "Valid values for `indexing` are 'xy' and 'ij'.")

    s0 = (1,) * ndim
    output = [np.asanyarray(x).reshape(s0[:i] + (-1,) + s0[i + 1::])
              for i, x in enumerate(xi)]

    shape = [x.size for x in output]

    if indexing == 'xy' and ndim > 1:
        # switch first and second axis
        output[0].shape = (1, -1) + (1,)*(ndim - 2)
        output[1].shape = (-1, 1) + (1,)*(ndim - 2)
        shape[0], shape[1] = shape[1], shape[0]

    if sparse:
        if copy_:
            return [x.copy() for x in output]
        else:
            return output
    else:
        # Return the full N-D matrix (not only the 1-D vector)
        if copy_:
            mult_fact = np.ones(shape, dtype=int)
            return [x * mult_fact for x in output]
        else:
            return np.broadcast_arrays(*output)