numpy.loadtxt loading floats from single line file when ndmin=1

<p><strong>Problem:</strong> I have a text file containing several numbers. I am trying to grab some of them and load them into arrays. I would like arrays, even when only 1 line is present in the file. I have an issue when there is a single line only. The values are loading as floats and are not loaded into arrays.</p><p><strong>Tried:</strong> From the numpy documentation I would expect arrays of length 1 for the single line text file when using ndmin=1. However, I am still getting a series of floats, see below:</p><pre><br /><code>>>> ra_deg,dec_deg,l_deg,b_deg=np.loadtxt(args.infile,ndmin=1,usecols=[0,1,2,3],unpack=True)<br />>>> ra_deg<br />127.55905<br />>>> np.__version__<br />'1.8.1'<br /></code><br /></pre><p><strong>Expected:</strong></p><pre><br /><code>>>> ra_deg<br />array([127.55905])<br /></code><br /></pre><p>Example args.infile input:</p><pre><br /><code>127.55905 +00.00000 224.77661 +21.83227<br /></code><br /></pre><p>I am not sure if this is my error, or there is something up with numpy? Any advice before opening a numpy issue would be great, thanks.</p><br /><h2>Click here view more answers <a href="%20http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34470283/numpy-loadtxt-loading-floats-from-single-line-file-when-ndmin-1">http://ift.tt/1IvhbmA</a></h2>