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I am trying to convert some set of equations to a form that will be easy for Python to evaluate numerically, hence I am using Mathematica's FortranForm

My problem is that

FortranForm[np.diag]

gives

Dot(np,diag)

whereas I want

np.diag

I do not want

FortranForm["np.diag"]

which results in

"np.diag"

What I want is to be able to cast the DiagonalMatrix[equations] part of my expressions to the equivalent in Python - np.diag(equations), where I have imported numpy as np

Solution, but not the desired one

I found a way round my problem, though it is not what I want, but I will post it for people that my just care about the end result.

Use FortranForm["np.diag"] and then export the result to a text file. Then in Python one can read the file and rewrite it line by line, while stripping all the quotes using this piece of code

def fromMathematica(func):
    """" string -> string 

    Imports a file, created by Mathematica and reads it, so that it can be evaluated for specific values
    """
    file = open('path' + func + .txt' , 'r+')
    lines = file.readlines()
    file.seek(0)
    file.truncate()
    for line in lines:
        line = line.replace('"', '').strip()
        file.write(line)
    file.seek(0)
    m = file.read()
    return m
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  • $\begingroup$ You have to do some transformations manually. In this case, you might want to use StringReplace. $\endgroup$
    – Sumit
    Dec 15, 2016 at 10:34
  • $\begingroup$ I am not sure I see your point. My problem is that if it is a string, FortranForm will return it surrounded by quotes, which is what I want to avoid $\endgroup$
    – ThunderBiggi
    Dec 15, 2016 at 11:58
  • $\begingroup$ I think you are taking an ill-concieved approach trying to use mathematics dot product function to produce a name-scoping construct in python. Suggest name the function something like npdotdiag in mathematica and do a stringreplace on the result. (You should not need to do anything by hand! ) $\endgroup$
    – george2079
    Dec 15, 2016 at 12:58

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Probably I don't understand your problem correctly, still giving it a try ..

ff = FortranForm[p + DiagonalMatrix[a + b]]

p + DiagonalMatrix(a + b)

StringReplace[ToString[ff], "DiagonalMatrix" -> "np.diag"]

p + np.diag(a + b)

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  • $\begingroup$ This exactly solves my problem for the moment. I didn't think of replacing stuff after using FortranForm. I will see what happens when I try that approach on my pages long equations :) $\endgroup$
    – ThunderBiggi
    Dec 15, 2016 at 14:15
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I would give DiagonalMatrix a custom FortranForm:

Unprotect[DiagonalMatrix];
Format[DiagonalMatrix,FortranForm]=Format["np.diag", OutputForm];
Protect[DiagonalMatrix];

Then:

ToString[p + DiagonalMatrix[a + b], FortranForm]

"p + np.diag(a + b)"

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