How to save and load an array of complex numbers using numpy.savetxt?

Question

I want to use numpy.savetxt() to save an array of complex numbers to a text file. Problems:

• If you save the complex array with the default format string, the imagi

Answer 1

Here's my solution, in case anybody hits this question from Google.

Saving:

numpy.savetxt('outfile.txt', numpy.column_stack([array.real, array.imag]))

Loading:

array_real, array_imag = numpy.loadtxt('outfile.txt', unpack=True)
array = array_real + 1j * array_imag

I will still award the checkmark to a better solution!