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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Matthias Klose
  • Date: 2010-03-11 13:30:19 UTC
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| ``'B'``   | unsigned char  | int               | 1                     |
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| ``'u'``   | Py_UNICODE     | Unicode character | 2                     |
 
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| ``'u'``   | Py_UNICODE     | Unicode character | 2 (see note)          |
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| ``'d'``   | double         | float             | 8                     |
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.. note::
 
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   The ``'u'`` typecode corresponds to Python's unicode character.  On narrow
 
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   Unicode builds this is 2-bytes, on wide builds this is 4-bytes.
 
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The actual representation of values is determined by the machine architecture
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(strictly speaking, by the C implementation).  The actual size can be accessed
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through the :attr:`itemsize` attribute.  The values stored  for ``'L'`` and
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The module defines the following type:
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.. function:: array(typecode[, initializer])
 
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.. class:: array(typecode[, initializer])
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   Return a new array whose items are restricted by *typecode*, and initialized
 
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   A new array whose items are restricted by *typecode*, and initialized
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   from the optional *initializer* value, which must be a list, string, or iterable
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   over elements of the appropriate type.
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.. data:: ArrayType
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   Obsolete alias for :func:`array`.
 
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   Obsolete alias for :class:`array`.
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Array objects support the ordinary sequence operations of indexing, slicing,
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concatenation, and multiplication.  When using slice assignment, the assigned
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The following data items and methods are also supported:
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.. attribute:: array.typecode
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   The typecode character used to create the array.