Array in Python

Arrays can only contain values corresponding to same data opposed to lists which contains value corresponding to different data types.

Syntax

arrayName = array(typecode, [Initializers]>

Code Snippet

arraydata=array('c', 'hello world')

for letter in arraydata:

 print letter

Typecodes

‘b’ -> signed integer of size 1 byte

‘B’ -> unsigned integer of size 1 byte

‘c’ -> character of size 1 byte

‘u’ -> unicode character of size 2 bytes

‘h’ -> signed integer of size 2 bytes

‘H’ -> unsigned integer of size 2 bytes

‘i’ -> signed integer of size 2 bytes

‘I’ -> unsigned integer of size 2 bytes

‘w’ -> unicode character of size 4 bytes

‘l’ -> signed integer of size 4 bytes

‘L’ -> unsigned integer of size 4 bytes

‘f’ -> floating point of size 4 bytes

‘d’ -> floating point of size 8 bytes