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Using NumPy argmax to count vs for loop

I currently use something like the similar bit of code to determine comparison
list_of_numbers = [29800.0, 29795.0, 29795.0, 29740.0, 29755.0, 29745.0]
high = 29980.0
lookback = 10
counter = 1
for number in list_of_numbers:
if (high >= number) \
and (counter < lookback):
counter += 1
else:
break
The resulted counter magnitude will be 7. However, it is very taxing on large data arrays. So, I have looked for a solution and came up with np.argmax(), but there seems to be an issue. For example the following:
list_of_numbers = [29800.0, 29795.0, 29795.0, 29740.0, 29755.0, 29745.0]
np_list = np.array(list_of_numbers)
high = 29980.0
print(np.argmax(np_list > high) + 1)
this will get output 1, just like argmax is suppose to .. but I want it to get output 7. Is there another method to do this that will give me similar output for the if statement ?

You can get a boolean array for where high >= number using NumPy:
list_of_numbers = [29800.0, 29795.0, 29795.0, 29740.0, 29755.0, 29745.0]
high = 29980.0
lookback = 10
boolean_arr = np.less_equal(np.array(list_of_numbers), high)
Then finding where is the first False argument in that to satisfy break condition in your code. Furthermore, to consider countering, you can use np.cumsum on the boolean array and find the first argument that satisfying specified lookback magnitude. So, the result will be the smaller value between break_arr and lookback_lim:
break_arr = np.where(boolean_arr == False)[0][0] + 1
lookback_lim = np.where(np.cumsum(boolean_arr) == lookback)[0][0] + 1
result = min(break_arr, lookback_lim)
If your list_of_numbers have not any bigger value than your specified high limit for break_arr or the specified lookback exceeds values in np.cumsum(boolean_arr) for lookback_lim, the aforementioned code will get stuck with an error like the following, relating to np.where:
IndexError: index 0 is out of bounds for axis 0 with size 0
Which can be handled by try-except or if statements e.g.:
try:
break_arr = np.where(boolean_arr == False)[0][0] + 1
except:
break_arr = len(boolean_arr) + 1
try:
lookback_lim = np.where(np.cumsum(boolean_arr) == lookback)[0][0] + 1
except:
lookback_lim = len(boolean_arr) + 1

You have you less than sign backwards, no? The following should work as the for-loop:
print(np.min([np.sum(np.array(list_of_numbers) < high) + 1, lookback]))

A look back can be accomplished using shift. A cumcount can be used to get a running total. A query can be used as a filter

Iterate through list and assign a value to the variable in Python

So i'm currently working on code, which solves simple differentials. For now my code looks something like that:
deff diff():
coeffs = []
#checking a rank of a function
lvl = int(raw_input("Tell me a rank of your function: "))
if lvl == 0:
print "\nIf the rank is 0, a differential of a function will always be 0"
#Asking user to write coefficients (like 4x^2 - he writes 4)
for i in range(0, lvl):
coeff = int(raw_input("Tell me a coefficient: "))
coeffs.append(coeff)
#Printing all coefficients
print "\nSo your coefficients are: "
for item in coeffs:
print item
And so what I want to do next? I have every coefficient in my coeffs[] list. So now I want to take every single one from there and assign it to a different variable, just to make use of it. And how can I do it? I suppose I will have to use loop, but I tried to do so for hours - nothing helped me. Sooo, how can I do this? It would be like : a=coeff[0], b = coeff[1], ..., x = coeff[lvl] .

Just access the coefficients directly from the list via their indices.
If you are wanting to use the values in a different context that entails making changes to the values but you want to keep the original list unchanged then copy the list to a new list,
import copy
mutableCoeffs = copy.copy(coeffs)

You do not need new variables.
You already have all you need to compute the coefficients for the derivative function.
print "Coefficients for the derivative:"
l = len(coeffs) -1
for item in coeffs[:-1]:
print l * item
l -=1
Or if you want to put them in a new list :
deriv_coeffs = []
l = len(coeffs) -1
for item in coeffs[:-1]:
deriv_coeffs.append(l * item)
l -=1

I guess from there you want to differenciate no? So you just assign the cofficient times it rank to the index-1?
deff diff():
coeffs = []
#checking a rank of a function
lvl = int(raw_input("Tell me a rank of your function: "))
if lvl == 0:
print "\nIf the rank is 0, a differential of a function will always be 0"
#Asking user to write coefficients (like 4x^2 - he writes 4)
for i in range(0, lvl):
coeff = int(raw_input("Tell me a coefficient: "))
coeffs.append(coeff)
#Printing all coefficients
print "\nSo your coefficients are: "
for item in coeffs:
print item
answer_coeff = [0]*(lvl-1)
for i in range(0,lvl-1):
answer_coeff[i] = coeff[i+1]*(i+1)
print "The derivative is:"
string_answer = "%d" % answer_coeff[0]
for i in range(1,lvl-1):
string_answer = string_answer + (" + %d * X^%d" % (answer_coeff[i], i))
print string_answer

If you REALLY want to assign a list to variables you could do so by accessing the globals() dict. For example:
for j in len(coeffs):
globals()["elm{0}".format(j)] = coeffs[j]
Then you'll have your coefficients in the global variables elm0, elm1 and so on.
Please note that this is most probably not what you really want (but only what you asked for).

I cant get my code to work. it keeps saying: IndexError: List index out of range

My code is using the lengths of lists to try and find a percentage of how many scores are over an entered number.It all makes sense but I think some of the code needs some editing because it comes up with that error code.How can I fix it???
Here is the code:
result = [("bob",7),("jeff",2),("harold",3)]
score = [7,2,3]
lower = []
higher = []
index2 = len(score)
indexy = int(index2)
index1 = 0
chosen = int(input("the number of marks you want the percentage to be displayed higher than:"))
for counter in score[indexy]:
if score[index1] >= chosen:
higher.append(score[index1])
else:
lower.append(score[index1])
index1 = index1 + 1
original = indexy
new = len(higher)
decrease = int(original) - int(new)
finished1 = decrease/original
finished = finished1 * 100
finishedlow = original - finished
print(finished,"% of the students got over",chosen,"marks")
print(finishedlow,"% of the students got under",chosen,"marks")

Just notice one thing:
>>>score = [7,2,3]
>>>len(score) = 3
but ,index of list start counting from 0, so
>>>score[3]
IndexError: list index out of range
fix your row 12 to:
...
for counter in score:
if counter >= chosen:
...
if you really want to get the index and use them:
....
for index, number in enumerate(score):
if score[index] >= chosen:
......

Your mistake is in Line 9: for counter in score[indexy]:
counter should iterate through a list not through an int and even that you are referring to a value that is out of index range of your list:
1 - Remember indexing should be from 0 to (len(list)-0).
2 - You cannot iterate through a fixed value of int.
So, you should change Line 9 to :
for counter in score
But I'm not sure of the result you will get from your code, you need to check out your code logic.
There is a lot to optimize in your code.

index2 is an int, so no need to convert it to indexy. Indizes in Python are counted from 0, so the highest index is len(list)-1.
You have a counter, so why use index1 in for-loop? You cannot iterate over a number score[indexy].
results = [("bob",7),("jeff",2),("harold",3)]
chosen = int(input("the number of marks you want the percentage to be displayed higher than:"))
higher = sum(score >= chosen for name, score in results)
finished = higher / len(results)
finishedlow = 1 - finished
print("{0:.0%} of the students got over {1} marks".format(finished, chosen))
print("{0:.0%} of the students got under {1} marks".format(finishedlow, chosen))

Python iterating - problems finding the product of digits in a string

Trying to iterate through a number string in python and print the product of the first 5 numbers,then the second 5, then the third 5, etc etc. Unfortunately, I just keep getting the product of the first five digits over and over. Eventually I'll append them to a list. Why is my code stuck?
edit: Original number is an integer so I have to make it a string
def product_of_digits(number):
d= str(number)
for integer in d:
s = 0
k = []
while s < (len(d)):
print (int(d[s])*int(d[s+1])*int(d[s+2])*int(d[s+3])*int(d[s+4]))
s += 1
print (product_of_digits(a))

Let me list out the mistakes in the program.
You are iterating over d for nothing. You don't need that.
s += 1 is not part of the while loop. So, s will never get incremented, leading to infinite loop.
print (product_of_digits(a)) is inside the function itself, where a is not defined.
To find the product of all the consecutive 5 numbers, you cannot loop till the end of d. So, the loop should have been while s <= (len(d)-5):
You have initialized k, but used it nowhere.
So, the corrected program looks like this
def product_of_digits(number):
d, s = str(number), 0
while s <= (len(d)-5):
print(int(d[s]) * int(d[s+1]) * int(d[s+2]) * int(d[s+3]) * int(d[s+4]))
s += 1
product_of_digits(123456)
Output
120
720
You can also use a for loop, like this
def product_of_digits(number):
d = str(number)
for s in range(len(d) - 4):
print(int(d[s]) * int(d[s+1]) * int(d[s+2]) * int(d[s+3]) * int(d[s+4]))

There are a few problems with your code:
1) Your s+=1 indentation is incorrect
2) It should be s+=5 instead (assuming you want products of 1-5, 6-10, 11-15 and so on otherwise s+=1 is fine)
def product_of_digits(number):
d = str(number)
s = 0
while s < (len(d)-5):
print (int(d[s])*int(d[s+1])*int(d[s+2])*int(d[s+3])*int(d[s+4]))
s += 5 (see point 2)
print (product_of_digits(124345565534))

numpy.product([int(i) for i in str(s)])
where s is the number.

Returning multiple integers as separate variables

I am trying to make a program that grabs 5 integers from the user, and then finds the average of them. I have it set up to take in the 5 numbers, but how do I return them all as separate variables so I can use them later on? Thanks!
def main():
x = 0
testScoreNumber = 1
while x < 5:
getNumber_0_100(testScoreNumber)
x += 1
testScoreNumber += 1
calcAverage(score1, score2, score3, score4, score5)
print(calculatedAverage)
def getNumber_0_100(testnumber):
test = int(input("Enter test score " + str(testnumber) + ":"))
testcount = 0
while testcount < 1:
test = int(input("Enter test score " + str(testnumber) + ":"))
if test > 0 or test < 100:
testcount += 1
return test
^Here is the problem, the everytime this function runs, I want it to return a different value to a different variable. Ex. test1, test2, test3.
def calcAverage(_score1,_score2,_score3,_score4,_score5):
total = _score1 + _score2 + _score3 + _score4 + _score5
calculatedAverage = total/5
return calculatedAverage

You need to store the result somewhere. It is usually (always?) a bad idea to dynamically create variable names (although it is possible using globals). The typical place to store the results is in a list or a dictionary -- in this case, I'd use a list.
change this portion of the code:
x = 0
testScoreNumber = 1
while x < 5:
getNumber_0_100(testScoreNumber)
x += 1
testScoreNumber += 1
to:
results = []
for x in range(5):
results.append( getNumber_0_100(x+1) )
which can be condensed even further:
results = [ getNumber_0_100(x+1) for x in range(5) ]
You can then pass that results list to your next function:
avg = get_ave(results[0],results[1],...)
print(avg)
Or, you can use the unpacking operator for shorthand:
avg = get_ave(*results)
print(avg)

It isn't the responsibility of the returning function to say what the caller does with its return value. In your case, it would be simple to let main have a list where it adds the return values. You could do this:
scores = []
for i in range(5):
scores.append(getNumber_0_100(i))
calcAverage(*scores)
Note that *scores is to pass a list as arguments to your calcAverage function. It's probably better to have calculateAverage be a general function which takes a list of values and calculates their average (i.e. doesn't just work on five numbers):
def calcAverage(numbers):
return sum(numbers) / len(numbers)
Then you'd call it with just calcAverage(scores)
A more Pythonic way to write the first part might be scores = [getNumber_0_100(i) for i in range(5)]

Python allows you to return a tuple, and you can unroll this tuple when you receive the return values. For example:
def return_multiple():
# do something to calculate test1, test2, and test3
return (test1, test2, test3)
val1, val2, val3 = return_multiple()
The limitation here though is that you need to know how many variables you're returning. If the number of inputs is variable, you're better off using lists.