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Python - Reverse every other slice of an array

I wrote some code to reverse every other slice of rows.
import numpy as np
test_arr = np.arange(120).reshape(12,10)
test_arr = test_arr.tolist()
def rev_rows(matrix):
for I in range(len(matrix)): #did this to get the index of each row
if((int(I / 4) % 2) == True): #selct rows whose index divided by 4 truncate to an odd number
print("flip")
matrix[I].reverse() #flip said row
print(matrix[I])
rev_rows(test_arr)
There has to by an easier and more efficient way of doing this. I was thinking another way would be to use list operators like slices, but I can't think of one which is faster than this. Is there an easier way with numpy?
Note: the length of the matrix would be divisible by 4. i.e. (4x10), (8x10), ...
EDIT:
Sorry about the ambiguous usage of slice. What I meant by a slice is a set of rows (like test_arr[3] -> test_arr[7]). So, reversing every other slice would be reversing every row between indexes 3 and 7. I was in my little blurb about the slicing operator I was talking about this operator -> [3:7]. I don't have experience with them, and I read somewhere that they are called slicing, my bad.

Update
The question wasn't very clear, so my original answer didn't solve it. Here is a working example.
With a loop
The loop version's performance is more predictable, because it's not always clear when a reshape will trigger a copy.
>>> test_arr = np.arange(120).reshape(12, 10)
>>> for i in range(4, 8):
... test_arr[i::8] = test_arr[i::8,::-1]
>>> test_arr
array([[ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
[ 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19],
[ 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29],
[ 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39],
[ 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40],
[ 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50],
[ 69, 68, 67, 66, 65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60],
[ 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70],
[ 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89],
[ 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99],
[100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109],
[110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119]])
>>>
Without a loop
A loopless version, as asked by #KellyBundy.
>>> test_arr = np.arange(120).reshape(12, 10)
>>> temp_arr = test_arr.reshape(test_arr.shape[0]//4, 4, test_arr.shape[1])
>>> temp_arr[1::2] = temp_arr[1::2,:,::-1]
>>> test_arr = temp_arr.reshape(*test_arr.shape)
>>> test_arr
array([[ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
[ 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19],
[ 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29],
[ 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39],
[ 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40],
[ 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50],
[ 69, 68, 67, 66, 65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60],
[ 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70],
[ 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89],
[ 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99],
[100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109],
[110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119]])
>>>
Original answer
You can do this with slicing:
test_arr[::2] = test_arr[::2,::-1] or test_arr[1::2] = test_arr[1::2,::-1].
See the examples:
>>> import numpy as np
>>> test_arr = np.arange(120).reshape(12, 10)
>>> test_arr
array([[ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
[ 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19],
[ 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29],
[ 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39],
[ 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49],
[ 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59],
[ 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69],
[ 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79],
[ 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89],
[ 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99],
[100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109],
[110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119]])
>>> test_arr[::2] = test_arr[::2,::-1]
>>> test_arr
array([[ 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0],
[ 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19],
[ 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20],
[ 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39],
[ 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40],
[ 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59],
[ 69, 68, 67, 66, 65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60],
[ 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79],
[ 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80],
[ 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99],
[109, 108, 107, 106, 105, 104, 103, 102, 101, 100],
[110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119]])
>>>
If, instead, you wanted to reverse rows with odd indices, you'd do
>>> test_arr = np.arange(120).reshape(12, 10)
>>> test_arr[1::2] = test_arr[1::2,::-1]
>>> test_arr
array([[ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
[ 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10],
[ 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29],
[ 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30],
[ 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49],
[ 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50],
[ 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69],
[ 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70],
[ 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89],
[ 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90],
[100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109],
[119, 118, 117, 116, 115, 114, 113, 112, 111, 110]])
>>>

Slice after reshape:
>>> test_arr = np.arange(120).reshape(12, 10)
>>> test_arr
array([[ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
[ 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19],
[ 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29],
[ 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39],
[ 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49],
[ 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59],
[ 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69],
[ 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79],
[ 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89],
[ 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99],
[100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109],
[110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119]])
>>> reshaped = test_arr.reshape(-1, 4, 10)
>>> reshaped[1::2] = reshaped[1::2, ..., ::-1]
>>> test_arr
array([[ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
[ 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19],
[ 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29],
[ 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39],
[ 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40],
[ 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50],
[ 69, 68, 67, 66, 65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60],
[ 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70],
[ 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89],
[ 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99],
[100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109],
[110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119]])
Note:
This mainly depends on the fact that ndarray.reshape generally does not copy array. However, according to this problem, we can know some details of reshape:
After reshaping the values in the data buffer need to be in a contiguous order, either 'C' or 'F'.
And condition for returning copies:
It will do a copy if the initial order is so 'messed up' that it can't return values like this.
If a copy is returned, this method will obviously fail. But here, I attach a conjecture of my own: if we simply raise the dimension of the array, rather than trying to do things like flattening a transposed array that affect data continuity, it may not cause data discontinuity, so this method may always be effective.

Add list as list element Python weird behaviour

I am trying to store the file indexes from a directory in a list variable using Python. This list will be used for a recursive function that will change the content of files, but the list is storing incorrect values.
My directory has more than 5k files with the format: ccc-ppp.htm where ccc is the chapter number (from 0 to 24) and ppp is page number, that varies from chapter to chapter. For example:
0-1.htm
0-2.htm
0-3.htm
1-1.htm
1-2.htm
...
1-10.htm
2-1.htm
...
2.158.htm
...
24-100.htm
Some chapters have more than 500 pages.
My intention is to store in a list of lists:
Dir = [[1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3, ..., 10], [1, 2, ..., 158], ..., [0, 1, 2, ..., 100]]
(Note that some chapters start with ...-0.htm
My code:
import os.path
Folder = "C:\MyFoler\\"
Ch = 0
Pg = 0
Chapter = []
Dir = []
while Ch <= 24:
File = Folder + str(Ch) + "-" + str(Pg) + ".htm"
if os.path.exists(File):
Chapter.append(Pg)
else:
print(f"\nChapter {Ch}: {Chapter}") # OBS(1)
Dir.append(Chapter)
print(f"\nDir: {Dir}") # OBS(2)
Chapter.clear()
Ch += 1
Pg = -1
print(f"\nDir: {Dir}") # OBS(3)
Pg += 1
OBS(1): It prints the list of pages in a chapter (working OK). For example to Chapter 24:
Chapter 24: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100]
OBS(2): It prints a list, with Ch elements, and each element is the Chapter, but it repeats the chapter in all list elements. For example to Ch = 24:
Dir: [[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
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[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100],
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100]]
The problem is that it is storing Chapter in all Dir elements, which is unwanted. The wanted result is:
Dir[0] = [1, 2, 3]
Dir[1] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
...
Dir[24] =[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100]
OBS(3): I don't know why the result of this line is:
Dir: [[], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], []]
It seems that when I clear the Chapter with Chapter.clear(), it clear the contents of Dir. Why?
Then, can someone help me to fix the code, please? Thanks in advance for your attention.

You are not properly appending the chapters to the list Dir.
I would recommend to do this, first create a dictionary where the number of the chapter is the key and then set he value of each key to be and empty list. Then use a loop to parse the dictionary and append the the page correctly to the corresponding list.
dir = {}
for chapter in range(0,25):
dir[chapter]=[]

You are continuing to append the same list (Chapter) to Dir each time through. Consider the below very simple example, and what happens when we go from using the same list, vs. creating a new one on each loop iteration.
>>> a = []
>>> b = []
>>> for i in range(3):
... for j in range(i):
... a.append(j)
... b.append(a)
...
>>> b
[[0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1]]
>>>
>>> b = []
>>> for i in range(3):
... a = []
... for j in range(i):
... a.append(j)
... b.append(a)
...
>>> b
[[], [0], [0, 1]]
>>>

Getting a syntax error when displaying a matrix in python

here is the code:
#STARTING MESSAGE
print('Any *num* is a numerator, and any *den* is a denominator. *num1* is for the first fraction, and *num2* is for the second fraction. Same thing with the denominators. Please enter num1, saying *num1 = x* with the num1 =. THIS ONLY WORKS WITH NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 100!')
#DEN1
num1 = 3
if num1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 02, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100]:
print(now enter den1)
den1 = 34
if den1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 02, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100]:
print(now enter num2)
#SEC == 2
num2 = 4
if num2 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 02, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100]:
print(now enter den2)
den2 = 33
if den2 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 02, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100]:
print(CALCULATING...)
#CALCULATING CODE
den1*num2 = secondFrac
den2*num1 = firstFrac
if firstFrac > secondFrac:
print('The first fraction is greater then the second fraction! *First_Fraction > Second_Fraction!*')
if firstFrac < secondFrac:
print('The second fraction is greater then the first fraction! *First_Fraction < Second_Fraction!*')
I am getting a syntax error with the matrixes, just saying "Syntax Error: Invalid Syntax"

Python, delete subinterval from an interval

In python, I have an interval
a = 1-100
And I have a list with intervals
b = [11-20,41-50,91-110]
Now I would like my output to be like this in python:
a-b = 1-10,21-40,51-90

You have this :
a=range(1,100)
b = [range(11,20),range(41,50),range(91,110)] #list of ranges
So you can try :
d=[]
i=a.start
for sub_range in b: #for each sub range
#get the start and stop
start=sub_range.start
end=sub_range.stop
#append range to list
d.append(range(i,start-1))
i=end+1
print(d)
[range(1, 10), range(21, 40), range(51, 90)]

You can try this
a = range(1,101)
set(a)
b = [11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100]
set(a)-set(b)
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90}
You can use more_itertoools to divide the list
import more_itertools as mit
iterable = list(d)
[list(group) for group in mit.consecutive_groups(iterable)]
Result
[[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], [21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40], [51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90]]

numpy.correlate vs numpy documentation - is there a contradiction here ? Why is the resulting list reversed ?

I get the following result using numpy's correlate function:
In [153]: np.correlate([1],np.arange(100))
Out[153]:
array([99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83,
82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70, 69, 68, 67, 66,
65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50, 49,
48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32,
31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15,
14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0])
In [154]:
This result seems to be in contradiction with the 90. page of the numpy book :
Based on the formula above I would have expected an increasing array 0..99, however, the result is a decreasing array 99..0.
Can someone explain what is going on here ?
Why does the implementation contradicts the specification ?
Why does it make sense to reverse the list ?

Looks like you are expecting the old_behaviour of numpy.correlate. The book you link to is very old (2006), so it looks like numpy.correlate has changed since it was written (it actually changed in numpy v1.4). From the docs for numpy v1.9:
old_behavior : bool
If True, uses the old behavior from Numeric, (correlate(a,v) == correlate(v,a), and the conjugate is not taken for complex arrays). If False, uses the conventional signal processing definition.
In [2]: np.correlate([1],np.arange(100))
Out[2]:
array([99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83,
82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70, 69, 68, 67, 66,
65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50, 49,
48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32,
31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15,
14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0])
In [3]: np.correlate([1],np.arange(100),old_behavior=True)
Out[3]:
array([ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84,
85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99])
In [4]: np.correlate(np.arange(100),[1])
Out[4]:
array([ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84,
85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99])
EDIT
On further inspection, I think the difference is due to this line in the old definition:
K=len(x)-1 and M=len(y)-1, and we assume K ≥ M (without loss of generality because we can interchange the roles of x and y without effect).
So, I believe for your case, in the old definition, it is making y=[1] and x=np.arange(100), because len(x) must be greater than len(y). The new definition does not do that, instead "input arrays are never swapped", so x=[1] and y=np.arange(100). Thus, the differences.