How to convert all numbers in a 2d numpy array to strings?

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I have a 2d numpy array of ints called M. I would like to convert all the ints to strings returning a 2d numpy array of the same shape. How can you do that?

I tried map(str, M) but that doesn't work as it converts the individual rows into strings.

ggaurav · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-17 10:03:16Z

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You can use astype to cast the array to particular type

m = np.array([[1,2,3], [4,5,6]])

m = m.astype(str)
m
array([['1', '2', '3'],
       ['4', '5', '6']], dtype='<U21')

answered Jan 17, 2021 at 10:03

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Janska · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-17 10:06:21Z

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If I have understood it right, you are trying to convert all integer elements in the array to a string. To do so, this should work:

np.char.mod('%d',M)

answered Jan 17, 2021 at 10:06

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