how to save a numpy array as a text file code example

Example 1: save numpy array to text file

a_file = open("test.txt", "w")
for row in an_array:
    np.savetxt(a_file, row)

a_file.close()

Example 2: how to write a numpy array to a file in python

numpy.savetxt(fname, X, fmt='%.18e', delimiter=' ', newline='\n', 
              header='', footer='', comments='# ', encoding=None)


x = y = z = np.arange(0.0,5.0,1.0)
np.savetxt('test.out', x, delimiter=',')   # X is an array
np.savetxt('test.out', (x,y,z))   # x,y,z equal sized 1D arrays
np.savetxt('test.out', x, fmt='%1.4e')   # use exponential notation