convert data string from numpy array to int python

Question

I have a string Numpy array in Python 3 like this Numpy array,

array[['(155)'],['(255)'],['(165)'],['(147)']]

I need to convert this one to int Numpy array, like this,

array[[115],[255],[165],[147]]

John Zwinck · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-30 00:52:52Z

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Strip 'em and parse 'em:

np.core.defchararray.strip(a, '()').astype(int)

answered Jun 30, 2018 at 0:52

John Zwinck

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2 Comments

You can replace np.core.defchararray with np.char.

@AbhishekMishra: The NumPy documentation all uses np.core.defchararray, so I do too.