libpysal.weights.spw_from_gal¶

libpysal.weights.spw_from_gal(galfile)[source]¶

Sparse scipy matrix for w from a gal file.

Parameters:

Parameters:	galfile : string name of gal file including suffix
Returns:	spw : sparse_matrix scipy sparse matrix in CSR format ids : array identifiers for rows/cols of spw

galfile : string

name of gal file including suffix

Returns:

spw : sparse_matrix

scipy sparse matrix in CSR format

ids : array

identifiers for rows/cols of spw

Examples

>>> import libpysal
>>> spw = libpysal.weights.user.spw_from_gal(libpysal.examples.get_path("sids2.gal"))
>>> spw.sparse.nnz
462