How to count values in a certain range in a Numpy array? (Does not work)

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I have already checked this thread How to count values in a certain range in a Numpy array? but their answer does not seem to work.

I have a numpy array of 2000 floats called data:

print(type(data)) --> <type 'list'>
print(type(data[0])) --> <type 'numpy.float64'>

And I have 2 variables to form a range, minV and maxV:

print(type(minV)) --> <type 'float'>
print(type(maxV)) --> <type 'float'>

If I try the solution given in the link mentioned above, I receive this exception:

((minV < data) & (data < maxV)).sum()

AttributeError: 'bool' object has no attribute 'sum'

And indeed, that expression is a boolean:

print(type( (minV < data) & (data < minV) ) ) --> <type 'bool'>
print( ( (minV < data) & (data < minV) ) ) --> True

The python version I am using is Python 2.7.3 -- EPD 7.3-2 (64-bit) Numpy version is 1.6.1

System is Linux (Although I ignore if that is important).

Thanks.

You are operating on lists instead of numpy.arrays! Try data = np.array(data) before trying the < & > operations. — MSeifert
– MSeifert, Commented Aug 9, 2016 at 18:58

MSeifert · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-09 19:07:49Z

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I suspect you are using python 2 because comparing a list and a number doesn't raise a TypeError in your case.

But in order to use element-wise comparison (<, >, &) you need to convert your list to a numpy array:

import numpy as np
data = np.array(data)
((minV < data) & (data < maxV)).sum()

should work. For example:

data = list(range(1000))
minV = 100
maxV = 500
data = np.array(data)
((minV < data) & (data < maxV)).sum() # returns 399

answered Aug 9, 2016 at 19:07

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Israel Unterman · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-09 18:59:09Z

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It seems that data is not an array. Please check it. The suggested solution does work with arrays. Perhaps at some point data became a number or something.

answered Aug 9, 2016 at 18:59

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Israel Unterman Over a year ago

Let's keep opened minds here, yes? He said data is an array. The code print shows a list. Conclusion - data is maybe tampered with and changed type.

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