Float Array is not converted to int: Python

Question

I have a float numpy array x, which contains values like, 0, .5, 1, 1.5,etc. I want to convert the float values into integers based on some equation and store them in a new array, newx. I did this,

newx=np.zeros(x.shape[0])
    for i in range (x.shape [0]):
        newx[i]=  ((2*x[i]) +1)
    print(newx, v)

However, when printing xnew, I get values like

(array([   1.,    2.,    3.,    4.,    5.,    6.,    7.,    8.,    9.,
         10.,   11.,   12.,   13.,   14.,   15.,   16.,   17.,   18.])

newx must be used in some process, and it must be integer, when I want to use it in that process, I get an error stating that it must be of integer or Boolean type. Can anyone please tell me what mistake I've done?

Thank You.

Answer 1

Numpy is specifically designed for array manipulation. Try not to iterate over a numpy array like you did. You can read about how numpy datatypes are a little different than inbuilt datatypes. This leads to much higher run times.

Anyways Here is a working code for your problem

newx=x*2+1
newx=numpy.int16(newx)      # as easy as this. ;)