where ``data``, ``row_ind`` and ``col_ind`` satisfy the relationship ``a[row_ind[k], col_ind[k]] = data[k]``. csc_array((data, indices, indptr), [shape=(M, N)]) is the standard CSC representation where the row indices for column i are stored in ``indices[indptr[i]:indptr[i+1]]`` and their corresponding values are stored in ``data[indptr[i]:indptr[i+1]]``. If the shape parameter is not supplied, the array dimensions are inferred from the index arrays. Attributes ---------- dtype : dtype Data type of the array shape : 2-tuple Shape of the array ndim : int Number of dimensions (this is always 2) nnz size data CSC format data array of the array indices CSC format index array of the array indptr CSC format index pointer array of the array has_sorted_indices has_canonical_format T Notes ----- Sparse arrays can be used in arithmetic operations: they support addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and matrix power. Advantages of the CSC format - efficient arithmetic operations CSC + CSC, CSC * CSC, etc. - efficient column slicing - fast matrix vector products (CSR, BSR may be faster) Disadvantages of the CSC format - slow row slicing operations (consider CSR) - changes to the sparsity structure are expensive (consider LIL or DOK) Canonical format - Within each column, indices are sorted by row. - There are no duplicate entries. Examples -------- >>> import numpy as np >>> from scipy.sparse import csc_array >>> csc_array((3, 4), dtype=np.int8).toarray() array([[0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=int8) >>> row = np.array([0, 2, 2, 0, 1, 2]) >>> col = np.array([0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2]) >>> data = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) >>> csc_array((data, (row, col)), shape=(3, 3)).toarray() array([[1, 0, 4], [0, 0, 5], [2, 3, 6]]) >>> indptr = np.array([0, 2, 3, 6]) >>> indices = np.array([0, 2, 2, 0, 1, 2]) >>> data = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) >>> csc_array((data, indices, indptr), shape=(3, 3)).toarray() array([[1, 0, 4], [0, 0, 5], [2, 3, 6]]) rw