Golang : Emulate NumPy way of creating matrix example

Problem:

You are so used to NumPy way of creating matrix and you have difficult time in adapting to Gonum's method. Is there any function in Golang that can offer the similar way of how NumPy create matrix from an input string? Such as :

  >>> import numpy as np
  >>> A = np.mat('[1 2;3 4]')
  >>> A
  matrix([[1, 2],
 [3, 4]])

Solution:

Created this function as a quick and dirty way for my own use and probably useful for you as well. However, bear in mind that this is a primitive Golang function and does not perform error checking on the input string.

Here you go!

  package main

  import (
 "fmt"
 "github.com/gonum/matrix/mat64"
 "strconv"
 "strings"
  )

  // WARNING: this function does not perform error checking on input string
  // You probably need to modify this function to perform sanity check on stuff such as:

  // such as only 1 pair of [ ]
  // all columns and rows have number or 0
  // all rows are same size [pynum will throw "ValueError: Rows not the same size."]


  func matrix(str string) *mat64.Dense {

 // remove [ and ]
 str = strings.Replace(str, "[", "", -1)
 str = strings.Replace(str, "]", "", -1)

 // calculate total number of rows
 parts := strings.SplitN(str, ";", -1)
 rows := len(parts)

 // calculate total number of columns
 colSlice := strings.Fields(parts[0])
 columns := len(colSlice)

 // replace all ; with space
 str = strings.Replace(str, ";", " ", -1)

 // convert str to slice
 // taken from https://www.socketloop.com/tutorials/golang-convert-string-to-array-slice
 elements := strings.Fields(str)

 //fmt.Println("Rows : ", rows)
 //fmt.Println("Columns : ", columns)

 // populate data for the new matrix(Dense type)
 data := make([]float64, rows*columns)
 for i := range data {
 floatValue, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(elements[i], 64)
 data[i] = floatValue
 }

 M := mat64.NewDense(rows, columns, data)
 return M
  }

  func main() {

 str := "[1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8;9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16;8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1]"

 m := matrix(str)
 // print all m elements
 fmt.Printf("m :\n%v\n\n", mat64.Formatted(m, mat64.Prefix(""), mat64.Excerpt(0)))

 // does not check for non-float or integer
 // will replace alphabet with 0
 m1 := matrix("[1 x 3; 4 5 a]")
 // print all m1 elements
 fmt.Printf("m1 :\n%v\n\n", mat64.Formatted(m1, mat64.Prefix(""), mat64.Excerpt(0)))

 m2 := matrix("[1.1 2 3.4;4 5 68.8]")
 // print all m2 elements
 fmt.Printf("m2 :\n%v\n\n", mat64.Formatted(m2, mat64.Prefix(""), mat64.Excerpt(0)))

  }

Output: