Question

What is faster a list or a numpy array for creation with for loop in Python

Answer 1

from time import process_time
import numpy as np

start = process_time()
lst = [i for i in range(10000)]
end = process_time()
print(end - start)

start = process_time()
arr = np.array([i for i in range(10000)])
end = process_time()
print(end - start)

 
 
 
 
'''
run:

0.0005832090000000012
0.0015905099999999894

'''

 

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