Can't modify numpy array

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I got stuck practising with images in Python 3:

import numpy as np
from matplotlib.image import imread
photo_data = imread('c:\jpeg.jpg')
photo_data[0,0,1] = 0

I get this error

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-40-f19579124b68> in <module>()
      1 photo = photo_data
      2 print(type(photo))
----> 3 photo[0,0,1] = 0
      4 plt.imshow(photo_data)

ValueError: assignment destination is read-only

I'm following an online course where this code seems working, can you tell me what I'm getting wrong?

Lukasz Tracewski · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-29 17:33:56Z

6

The issue at hand is that the array is set by matplotlib to read-only. To confirm:

print(photo_data.flags)

And you will get:

C_CONTIGUOUS : True
F_CONTIGUOUS : False
OWNDATA : False
WRITEABLE : False
ALIGNED : True
WRITEBACKIFCOPY : False
UPDATEIFCOPY : False

To make it writable, simply:

photo_data.setflags(write=1)
photo_data[0,0,1] = 0

answered Dec 29, 2018 at 17:33

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Madhu Mohan Kommu · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-04 21:07:41Z

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some times, you will get error as below if you try to set write flag to True.

ValueError: cannot set WRITEABLE flag to True of this array

Just make copy of it and work. it is useful instead downgrading the numpy version

photo = photo_data.copy() print(type(photo)) photo[0,0,1] = 0 plt.imshow(photo_data)

answered Jul 4, 2019 at 21:07

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