Ignoring -Inf values in arrays using numpy/scipy in Python

Question

I have an NxM array in numpy that I would like to take the log of, and ignore entries that were negative prior to taking the log. When I take the log of negative entries, it

Answer 1

maybe you can index your matrix and use:

import numpy as np;
matrix = np.array([[1.,2.,3.,np.Inf],[4.,5.,6.,np.Inf],[7.,8.,9.,np.Inf]]);
print matrix[:,1];
print sum(filter(lambda x: x != np.Inf,matrix[:,1]));
print matrix[1,:];
print sum(filter(lambda x: x != np.Inf,matrix[1,:]));