Moved an example from memoryviews.rst to the examples directory.

docs/examples/userguide/memoryviews/quickstart.pyx

+from cython.view cimport array as cvarray
+import numpy as np
+
+# Memoryview on a NumPy array
+narr = np.arange(27, dtype=np.dtype("i")).reshape((3, 3, 3))
+cdef int [:, :, :] narr_view = narr
+
+# Memoryview on a C array
+cdef int carr[3][3][3]
+cdef int [:, :, :] carr_view = carr
+
+# Memoryview on a Cython array
+cyarr = cvarray(shape=(3, 3, 3), itemsize=sizeof(int), format="i")
+cdef int [:, :, :] cyarr_view = cyarr
+
+# Show the sum of all the arrays before altering it
+print("NumPy sum of the NumPy array before assignments: %s" % narr.sum())
+
+# We can copy the values from one memoryview into another using a single
+# statement, by either indexing with ... or (NumPy-style) with a colon.
+carr_view[...] = narr_view
+cyarr_view[:] = narr_view
+# NumPy-style syntax for assigning a single value to all elements.
+narr_view[:, :, :] = 3
+
+# Just to distinguish the arrays
+carr_view[0, 0, 0] = 100
+cyarr_view[0, 0, 0] = 1000
+
+# Assigning into the memoryview on the NumPy array alters the latter
+print("NumPy sum of NumPy array after assignments: %s" % narr.sum())
+
+# A function using a memoryview does not usually need the GIL
+cpdef int sum3d(int[:, :, :] arr) nogil:
+    cdef size_t i, j, k
+    cdef int total = 0
+    I = arr.shape[0]
+    J = arr.shape[1]
+    K = arr.shape[2]
+    for i in range(I):
+        for j in range(J):
+            for k in range(K):
+                total += arr[i, j, k]
+    return total
+
+# A function accepting a memoryview knows how to use a NumPy array,
+# a C array, a Cython array...
+print("Memoryview sum of NumPy array is %s" % sum3d(narr))
+print("Memoryview sum of C array is %s" % sum3d(carr))
+print("Memoryview sum of Cython array is %s" % sum3d(cyarr))
+# ... and of course, a memoryview.
+print("Memoryview sum of C memoryview is %s" % sum3d(carr_view))

docs/src/userguide/memoryviews.rst

@@ -28,60 +28,7 @@ Quickstart
 If you are used to working with NumPy, the following examples should get you
 started with Cython memory views.
 
-::
-
-    from cython.view cimport array as cvarray
-    import numpy as np
-
-    # Memoryview on a NumPy array
-    narr = np.arange(27, dtype=np.dtype("i")).reshape((3, 3, 3))
-    cdef int [:, :, :] narr_view = narr
-
-    # Memoryview on a C array
-    cdef int carr[3][3][3]
-    cdef int [:, :, :] carr_view = carr
-
-    # Memoryview on a Cython array
-    cyarr = cvarray(shape=(3, 3, 3), itemsize=sizeof(int), format="i")
-    cdef int [:, :, :] cyarr_view = cyarr
-
-    # Show the sum of all the arrays before altering it
-    print("NumPy sum of the NumPy array before assignments: %s" % narr.sum())
-
-    # We can copy the values from one memoryview into another using a single
-    # statement, by either indexing with ... or (NumPy-style) with a colon.
-    carr_view[...] = narr_view
-    cyarr_view[:] = narr_view
-    # NumPy-style syntax for assigning a single value to all elements.
-    narr_view[:, :, :] = 3
-
-    # Just to distinguish the arrays
-    carr_view[0, 0, 0] = 100
-    cyarr_view[0, 0, 0] = 1000
-
-    # Assigning into the memoryview on the NumPy array alters the latter
-    print("NumPy sum of NumPy array after assignments: %s" % narr.sum())
-
-    # A function using a memoryview does not usually need the GIL
-    cpdef int sum3d(int[:, :, :] arr) nogil:
-        cdef size_t i, j, k
-        cdef int total = 0
-        I = arr.shape[0]
-        J = arr.shape[1]
-        K = arr.shape[2]
-        for i in range(I):
-            for j in range(J):
-                for k in range(K):
-                    total += arr[i, j, k]
-        return total
-
-    # A function accepting a memoryview knows how to use a NumPy array,
-    # a C array, a Cython array...
-    print("Memoryview sum of NumPy array is %s" % sum3d(narr))
-    print("Memoryview sum of C array is %s" % sum3d(carr))
-    print("Memoryview sum of Cython array is %s" % sum3d(cyarr))
-    # ... and of course, a memoryview.
-    print("Memoryview sum of C memoryview is %s" % sum3d(carr_view))
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/userguide/memoryviews/quickstart.pyx
 
 This code should give the following output::