F2PY Users Guide and Reference Manual

Author:Pearu Peterson Contact:pearu@cens.ioc.ee Web site:http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/f2py2e/ Date:2005/04/02 10:03:26

Introduction

The purpose of the F2PY –Fortran to Python interface generator– project is to provide a connection between Python and Fortran languages. F2PY is a Python package (with a command line tool f2py and a module f2py2e) that facilitates creating/building Python C/API extension modules that make it possible

• to call Fortran 77/90/95 external subroutines and Fortran 90/95 module subroutines as well as C functions;
• to access Fortran 77 COMMON blocks and Fortran 90/95 module data, including allocatable arrays

from Python. See F2PY web site for more information and installation instructions.

• Three ways to wrap - getting started
  • The quick way
  • The smart way
  • The quick and smart way
• Signature file
  • Python module block
  • Fortran/C routine signatures
  • Extensions
• Using F2PY bindings in Python
  • Scalar arguments
  • String arguments
  • Array arguments
  • Call-back arguments
  • Common blocks
  • Fortran 90 module data
• Using F2PY
  • Command f2py
  • Python module f2py2e
• Using via numpy.distutils
• Advanced F2PY usages
  • Adding self-written functions to F2PY generated modules
  • Modifying the dictionary of a F2PY generated module