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| author | Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers@googlemail.com> | 2011-12-29 18:21:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Charles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com> | 2011-12-30 19:26:02 -0700 |
| commit | 3d9bedb70f2fe2761a3ee123004ccbba0f037b2e (patch) | |
| tree | 90bba208524017a66a7c8fa45ae86bd36f2a8954 /numpy/add_newdocs.py | |
| parent | 8c113493f1f6d88f2829afcbcd3d28312751e610 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-3d9bedb70f2fe2761a3ee123004ccbba0f037b2e.tar.gz | |
DOC: putmask: mention copyto is NA-aware, and recommend to switch to it.
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diff --git a/numpy/add_newdocs.py b/numpy/add_newdocs.py index a3b00925f..ab4dc5681 100644 --- a/numpy/add_newdocs.py +++ b/numpy/add_newdocs.py @@ -3870,8 +3870,10 @@ add_newdoc('numpy.core.multiarray', 'putmask', If `values` is not the same size as `a` and `mask` then it will repeat. This gives behavior different from ``a[mask] = values``. - Note that the `putmask` functionality is also provided by `copyto`, which - can be significantly faster. Use ``np.copyto(a, values, where=mask)``. + .. note:: The `putmask` functionality is also provided by `copyto`, which + can be significantly faster and in addition is NA-aware + (`preservena` keyword). Replacing `putmask` with + ``np.copyto(a, values, where=mask)`` is recommended. Parameters ---------- |