Format string in python for conversion to nump array

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I receive strings as follows that I need to save and then convert back to numpy arrays later

[0.46619281 -0.79148525  0.20800316 -0.16633733  1.53767002]
[ 0.53119281 -0.79148525  0.20800316 -0.16633733  1.53762345 ]

Note how the second line has a space after the first [ and before the last ]

How can I format the string to change it so that it does not have this space before and after the brackets?

I need a consistent way to store the arrays as strings so I can then convert them back again as detailed in this post: Convert string containg array of floats to numpy array

nugruigbgisl · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-19 12:27:56Z

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a = s.replace('[','').replace(']','').split()
a = list(map(int, a))

answered Sep 19, 2019 at 12:27

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Harry Boy Over a year ago

This creates class 'list'>: [0.53119281, -0.79148525, 0.20800316, -0.16633733, 1.53762345] where there are commas between numbers. How can get it as a string similar to my examples?

user3666197 · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-19 13:30:35Z

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The best professional step is to enforce the sources, that "produce" the different strings, to re-factor their code so as to uniformly adhere to your defined API for string-representation of array(s).

If you trust the sources and want to rely on un-coordinated formats, use an explicit ex-post transformation:

>>> "[ ............ ] [....... ]".replace( "[ ", "[" ).replace( " ]", "]" )
'[............] [.......]'

answered Sep 19, 2019 at 13:30

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