Dictionary in NumPy array

Question

How do I access the dictionary inside the array?

import numpy as np

x = np.array({'x': 2, 'y': 5})

My initial thought:

x['y']

Index Error: not a valid index

x[0]

Index Error: too many indices for array

Answer 1

To access the dictionary inside the array you can follow the given steps. The first thing you have a 0-dimensional array of object dtype. This is the mistaking that you have made a 0-dimensional array, You can still use it by extracting the dictionary by indexing the array with a tuple of no indices:

x[()]

or by calling the array's item method:

x.item()