##################################### F2PY Users Guide and Reference Manual ##################################### The purpose of the ``F2PY`` --*Fortran to Python interface generator*-- is to provide a connection between Python and Fortran languages. F2PY is a part of NumPy_ (``numpy.f2py``) and also available as a standalone command line tool ``f2py`` when ``numpy`` is installed 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. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 getting-started signature-file python-usage usage distutils advanced .. _Python: http://www.python.org/ .. _NumPy: http://www.numpy.org/ .. _SciPy: http://www.numpy.org/