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How can I turn a list into an array in python?
How can I turn a list such as:
data_list = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
into a list of lists such as:
new_list = [ [0,1,2] , [3,4,5] , [6,7,8] ]
ie I want to group ordered elements in a list and keep them in an ordered list. How can I do this?
Thanks
This assumes that data_list has a length that is a multiple of three
i=0
new_list=[]
while i<len(data_list):
new_list.append(data_list[i:i+3])
i+=3
This groups each 3 elements in the order they appear:
new_list = [data_list[i:i+3] for i in range(0, len(data_list), 3)]
Give us a better example if it is not what you want.
Something like:
map (lambda x: data_list[3*x:(x+1)*3], range (3))
new_list = [data_list[x:x+3] for x in range(0, len(data_list) - 2, 3)]
List comprehensions for the win :)
Based on the answer from Fred Foo, if you're already using numpy
, you may use reshape
to get a 2d array without copying the data:
import numpy
new_list = numpy.array(data_list).reshape(-1, 3)
Do you have any sort of selection criteria from your original list?
Python does allow you to do this:
new_list = []
new_list.append(data_list[:3])
new_list.append(data_list[3:6])
new_list.append(data_list[6:])
print new_list
# Output: [ [0,1,2] , [3,4,5] , [6,7,8] ]