a = Array{Int}[] push!(a, [1 2; 3 4]) @show typeof(a) Array{Array{Int64,N} where N,1} In the above, how should I read where N,1? Especially, what does 1 represent here? How may I create a variable of type Array{Array{Int64,N} where N,2}?

actually, the 1 goes with the outermost Array, the meaning of this type is: “Array of 1 dimension, and element of this array is of type Array{Int64, N}”, the where N means N is not specified, such that it is possible to push vector or even a higher dimensional tensor into a: julia> push!(a, rand(…

How to understand the keyword `where` in the array type signature

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chkwon January 24, 2021, 5:08am 3

Ah! Thanks. Makes sense. Can’t believe I couldn’t catch it

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How to understand the keyword `where` in the array type signature

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