scipy.sparse.coo_matrix

class scipy.sparse.coo_matrix(arg1, shape=None, dtype=None, copy=False)[source]

A sparse matrix in COOrdinate format.

Also known as the ‘ijv’ or ‘triplet’ format.

This can be instantiated in several ways:
coo_matrix(D)
with a dense matrix D
coo_matrix(S)
with another sparse matrix S (equivalent to S.tocoo())
coo_matrix((M, N), [dtype])
to construct an empty matrix with shape (M, N) dtype is optional, defaulting to dtype=’d’.
coo_matrix((data, (i, j)), [shape=(M, N)])
to construct from three arrays:
  1. data[:] the entries of the matrix, in any order
  2. i[:] the row indices of the matrix entries
  3. j[:] the column indices of the matrix entries

Where A[i[k], j[k]] = data[k]. When shape is not specified, it is inferred from the index arrays

Notes

Sparse matrices can be used in arithmetic operations: they support addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and matrix power.

Advantages of the COO format
  • facilitates fast conversion among sparse formats
  • permits duplicate entries (see example)
  • very fast conversion to and from CSR/CSC formats
Disadvantages of the COO format
  • does not directly support:
    • arithmetic operations
    • slicing
Intended Usage
  • COO is a fast format for constructing sparse matrices
  • Once a matrix has been constructed, convert to CSR or CSC format for fast arithmetic and matrix vector operations
  • By default when converting to CSR or CSC format, duplicate (i,j) entries will be summed together. This facilitates efficient construction of finite element matrices and the like. (see example)

Examples

>>> from scipy.sparse import coo_matrix
>>> coo_matrix((3, 4), dtype=np.int8).toarray()
array([[0, 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=int8)
>>> row  = np.array([0, 3, 1, 0])
>>> col  = np.array([0, 3, 1, 2])
>>> data = np.array([4, 5, 7, 9])
>>> coo_matrix((data, (row, col)), shape=(4, 4)).toarray()
array([[4, 0, 9, 0],
       [0, 7, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 5]])
>>> # example with duplicates
>>> row  = np.array([0, 0, 1, 3, 1, 0, 0])
>>> col  = np.array([0, 2, 1, 3, 1, 0, 0])
>>> data = np.array([1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1])
>>> coo_matrix((data, (row, col)), shape=(4, 4)).toarray()
array([[3, 0, 1, 0],
       [0, 2, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 1]])

Attributes

nnz Get the count of explicitly-stored values (nonzeros)
dtype (dtype) Data type of the matrix
shape (2-tuple) Shape of the matrix
ndim (int) Number of dimensions (this is always 2)
data COO format data array of the matrix
row COO format row index array of the matrix
col COO format column index array of the matrix

Methods