ufuncs Intro

What are ufuncs?

Ufuncs, short for “Universal Functions,” are NumPy functions that perform operations on the ndarray object.

Why use ufuncs?

Ufuncs are utilized to implement vectorization in NumPy, making operations significantly faster than iterating over individual elements.

They also support broadcasting and offer additional methods, such as reduce and accumulate, which are beneficial for computations.

Ufuncs can accept extra arguments, including:

• where: A boolean array or condition that specifies where the operations should be applied.
• dtype: Defines the return type of the elements.
• out: An output array where the result should be copied.