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| author | Mukulika <mukulikapahari@gmail.com> | 2021-10-28 22:05:18 +0530 |
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| committer | Mukulika <mukulikapahari@gmail.com> | 2021-10-28 22:06:05 +0530 |
| commit | 2b4563ad39e5104cfb802ac1973815018d183844 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e03b8014fe3b12e979c9aea6a0f5190dd2c82f1 /doc/source | |
| parent | 16240591e79cb1d62007dd637ccc50b57ba9aba5 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-2b4563ad39e5104cfb802ac1973815018d183844.tar.gz | |
DOC: Added note about base attribute
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/source/user/basics.copies.rst | 6 |
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diff --git a/doc/source/user/basics.copies.rst b/doc/source/user/basics.copies.rst index 8adc34893..583a59b95 100644 --- a/doc/source/user/basics.copies.rst +++ b/doc/source/user/basics.copies.rst @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ How to tell if the array is a view or a copy The :attr:`base <.ndarray.base>` attribute of the ndarray makes it easy to tell if an array is a view or a copy. The base attribute of a view returns -the original array while it returns ``None`` for a copy. +the original array while it returns ``None`` for a copy. >>> x = np.arange(9) >>> x @@ -146,3 +146,7 @@ the original array while it returns ``None`` for a copy. [3, 4, 5]]) >>> z.base is None # advanced indexing creates a copy True + +Note that the ``base`` attribute should not be used to determine +if an ndarray object is *new*; only if it is a view or a copy +of another ndarray.
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