Building a Transition Matrix using words in Python/Numpy

Question

Im trying to build a 3x3 transition matrix with this data

days=[\'rain\', \'rain\', \'rain\', \'clouds\', \'rain\', \'sun\', \'clouds\', \'clouds\', 
  \'rai         


        

Answer 1

1. Convert the reports from the days into index codes.
2. Iterate through the array, grabbing the codes for yesterday's weather and today's.
3. Use those indices to tally the combination in your 3x3 matrix.

Here's the coding set-up to get you started.

report = [
  'rain', 'rain', 'rain', 'clouds', 'rain', 'sun', 'clouds', 'clouds', 
  'rain', 'sun', 'rain', 'rain', 'clouds', 'clouds', 'sun', 'sun', 
  'clouds', 'clouds', 'rain', 'clouds', 'sun', 'rain', 'rain', 'sun',
  'sun', 'clouds', 'clouds', 'rain', 'rain', 'sun', 'sun', 'rain', 
  'rain', 'sun', 'clouds', 'clouds', 'sun', 'sun', 'clouds', 'rain', 
  'rain', 'rain', 'rain', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 'clouds', 'sun', 
  'clouds', 'clouds', 'sun', 'clouds', 'rain', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 
  'clouds', 'sun', 'rain', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 'clouds', 
  'rain', 'clouds', 'clouds', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 
  'clouds', 'clouds', 'clouds', 'clouds', 'clouds', 'sun', 'rain', 
  'rain', 'rain', 'clouds', 'sun', 'clouds', 'clouds', 'clouds', 'rain', 
  'clouds', 'rain', 'sun', 'sun', 'clouds', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun',
  'sun', 'sun', 'rain']

weather_dict = {"sun":0, "clouds":1, "rain": 2}
weather_code = [weather_dict[day] for day in report]
print weather_code

for n in range(1, len(weather_code)):
    yesterday_code = weather_code[n-1]
    today_code     = weather_code[n]

# You now have the indicies you need for your 3x3 matrix.