Numpy.memmap map to save file

Question

I am trying to create a random matrix and save it in a binary using numpy.save

Then I try to map this file using numpy.memmap, but it seems to display it incorrectly.

How to fix it?

It seems to be reading the .npy header, and I need to skip a few bytes from the beginning.

rows=6
cols=4

def create_matrix(rows,cols):
    data = (np.random.rand(rows,cols)*100).astype('uint8') #type for image [0 255] int8?
    return data

def save_matrix(filename, data):
    np.save(filename, data)

def load_matrix(filename):
    data= np.load(filename)
    return data

def test_mult_ram():
    A= create_matrix(rows,cols)
    A[1][2]= 42
    save_matrix("A.npy", A)
    A= load_matrix("A.npy")
    print A
    B= create_matrix(cols,rows)
    save_matrix("B.npy", B)
    B= load_matrix("B.npy")
    print B




fA = np.memmap('A.npy', dtype='uint8', mode='r', shape=(rows,cols))
fB = np.memmap('B.npy', dtype='uint8', mode='r', shape=(cols,rows))
print fA
print fB

UPDATE:

I just discovered that the np.lib.format.open_memmap function already exists.

usage: a = np.lib.format.open_memmap ('A.npy', dtype = 'uint8', mode = 'r +')

Answer 1

npy format , np.memmap. 6- , '\x93NUMPY', 2- , 2 , .

, , , np.memmap:

def load_npy_to_memmap(filename, dtype, shape):
    # npy format is documented here
    # https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/neps/npy-format.txt
    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
        # skip magic string \x93NUMPY + 2 bytes major/minor version number
        # + 2 bytes little-endian unsigned short int
        junk, header_len = struct.unpack('<8sh', f.read(10))

    data= np.memmap(filename, dtype=dtype, shape=shape, offset=6+2+2+header_len)
    return data

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import struct
import numpy as np
np.random.seed(1)
rows = 6
cols = 4

def create_matrix(rows, cols):
    data = (np.random.rand(
        rows, cols) * 100).astype('uint8')  # type for image [0 255] int8?
    return data

def save_matrix(filename, data):
    np.save(filename, data)

def load_matrix(filename):
    data= np.load(filename)
    return data

def load_npy_to_memmap(filename, dtype, shape):
    # npy format is documented here
    # https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/neps/npy-format.txt
    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
        # skip magic string \x93NUMPY + 2 bytes major/minor version number
        # + 2 bytes little-endian unsigned short int
        junk, header_len = struct.unpack('<8sh', f.read(10))

    data= np.memmap(filename, dtype=dtype, shape=shape, offset=6+2+2+header_len)
    return data

def test_mult_ram():
    A = create_matrix(rows, cols)
    A[1][2] = 42
    save_matrix("A.npy", A)
    A = load_matrix("A.npy")
    print A
    B = create_matrix(cols, rows)
    save_matrix("B.npy", B)
    B = load_matrix("B.npy")
    print B

    fA = load_npy_to_memmap('A.npy', dtype='uint8', shape=(rows, cols))
    fB = load_npy_to_memmap('B.npy', dtype='uint8', shape=(cols, rows))
    print fA
    print fB
    np.testing.assert_equal(A, fA)
    np.testing.assert_equal(B, fB)

test_mult_ram()

Answer 2

- , np.save memmaps, np.load mmap_mode:

fA = np.load('A.npy', mmap_mode='r')
fB = np.load('B.npy', mmap_mode='r')

, , .npy, , .