[R] R matrix to Python

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "AgusL" == Agustin Lobo <alobo at ija.csic.es> writes:

    AgusL> I'm trying to export an R (1.4.0 on linux) matrix to
    AgusL> python (+Pyclimate) via a binary file. The problem is
    AgusL> that while R writes by columns, python reads by
    AgusL> rows. For a 2D matrix, there is no problem: writeBin
    AgusL> writes vectors, so writeBin(t(x)[1:length(x)],...)
    AgusL> works fine.

    AgusL> But the objects I want to export are 3D arrays (slice
    AgusL> rasters of lat,lon for each time t).  One way is to
    AgusL> use a loop over the 3rd dimension and transpose for
    AgusL> each slice, but I've been trying to do something more
    AgusL> efficient avoiding the loop. No luck by now, as
    AgusL> changing dim(x) to c(dim(x)[2], dim(x)[1]*dim(x)[3])
    AgusL> does not solve the problem.  Does anybody have any
    AgusL> suggestion?

Yes: aperm() is the generalization of t().

Hence use it for higher rank arrays as you used t() for matrices.

Martin
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