1.7 Quick NumPy tutorial

Numerical Python (or NumPy for short) is an extension to the Python language providing efficient operations on large (numerical) arrays. pyFormex relies heavily on NumPy, and most likely you will need to use some NumPy functions in your scripts. As NumPy is still quite young, the available documentation is not so extensive yet. Still, the tentative NumPy tutorial already provides the basics.

If you have ever used some other matrix language, you will find a lot of similar concepts in NumPy.

To do: Introduce the (for pyFormex users) most important NumPy concepts.