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Input and output
NumPy binary files (NPY, NPZ)
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 | Load arrays or pickled objects from  | 
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 | Save an array to a binary file in NumPy  | 
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 | Save several arrays into a single file in uncompressed  | 
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 | Save several arrays into a single file in compressed  | 
The format of these binary file types is documented in numpy.lib.format
Text files
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 | Load data from a text file. | 
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 | Save an array to a text file. | 
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 | Load data from a text file, with missing values handled as specified. | 
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 | Construct an array from a text file, using regular expression parsing. | 
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 | A new 1-D array initialized from text data in a string. | 
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 | Write array to a file as text or binary (default). | 
| Return the array as an  | 
Raw binary files
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 | Construct an array from data in a text or binary file. | 
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 | Write array to a file as text or binary (default). | 
String formatting
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 | Return a string representation of an array. | 
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 | Return the string representation of an array. | 
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 | Return a string representation of the data in an array. | 
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 | Format a floating-point scalar as a decimal string in positional notation. | 
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 | Format a floating-point scalar as a decimal string in scientific notation. | 
Memory mapping files
| Create a memory-map to an array stored in a binary file on disk. | 
Text formatting options
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 | Set printing options. | 
| Return the current print options. | |
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 | Set a Python function to be used when pretty printing arrays. | 
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 | Context manager for setting print options. | 
Base-n representations
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 | Return the binary representation of the input number as a string. | 
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 | Return a string representation of a number in the given base system. | 
Data sources
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 | A generic data source file (file, http, ftp, …). | 
Binary Format Description
| Binary serialization | 
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