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Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

You're reading from   Python Data Analysis, Second Edition Data manipulation and complex data analysis with Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787127487
Length 330 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ivan Idris Ivan Idris
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Python Libraries FREE CHAPTER 2. NumPy Arrays 3. The Pandas Primer 4. Statistics and Linear Algebra 5. Retrieving, Processing, and Storing Data 6. Data Visualization 7. Signal Processing and Time Series 8. Working with Databases 9. Analyzing Textual Data and Social Media 10. Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning 11. Environments Outside the Python Ecosystem and Cloud Computing 12. Performance Tuning, Profiling, and Concurrency A. Key Concepts
B. Useful Functions C. Online Resources

Integrating SWIG and NumPy

C is a widespread programming language developed around 1970. Various C dialects exist, and C has influenced other programming languages. C is not object-oriented. This led to the creation of C++, which is an object-oriented language with C features, since C is a subset of C++. C and C++ are compiled languages. We need to compile source code to create so-called object files. After that, we must link the object files to create dynamically shared libraries.

The good thing about integrating C and Python is that a lot of options are available to us. The first option is Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator (SWIG). SWIG adds an additional step in the development process, which is the generation of glue code between Python and C (or C++). Download SWIG from http://www.swig.org/download.html. At the time of writing, the latest SWIG version is 3.0.12. A prerequisite to installing SWIG is to install Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE). PCRE is a C regular expressions...

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