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Dictionary or Numpy Array? - jarrod0987 - Oct-05-2018
First, can someone please show the proper code for creating a 5 row 2 column numpy array with type python object?
I see a lot of info online but none of it seems to quite show how to do that in one example.
Second,
If I want to have a string for a key and a number for a value, is Dictionary faster or is it really worth it to to build a numpy array? There will be over 450 000 keys btw. I'm doing quadragrams.
Thanks
RE: Dictionary or Numpy Array? - ichabod801 - Oct-05-2018
I think this Stack Overflow question has what you want.
I would use a dictionary. I believe the numpy array is meant to optimize certain list operations, not dictionary operations.
RE: Dictionary or Numpy Array? - jarrod0987 - Oct-05-2018
Seems to be what I wanted. Thanks