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authorRalf Gommers <ralf.gommers@googlemail.com>2012-03-03 21:20:13 +0100
committerRalf Gommers <ralf.gommers@googlemail.com>2012-03-03 22:34:02 +0100
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DOC: merge wiki doc edits.
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diff --git a/numpy/core/numeric.py b/numpy/core/numeric.py
index ba8fc1f52..bb13d573e 100644
--- a/numpy/core/numeric.py
+++ b/numpy/core/numeric.py
@@ -1663,12 +1663,11 @@ def fromfunction(function, shape, **kwargs):
Parameters
----------
function : callable
- The function is called with N parameters, each of which
- represents the coordinates of the array varying along a
- specific axis. For example, if `shape` were ``(2, 2)``, then
- the parameters would be two arrays, ``[[0, 0], [1, 1]]`` and
- ``[[0, 1], [0, 1]]``. `function` must be capable of operating on
- arrays, and should return a scalar value.
+ The function is called with N parameters, where N is the rank of
+ `shape`. Each parameter represents the coordinates of the array
+ varying along a specific axis. For example, if `shape`
+ were ``(2, 2)``, then the parameters in turn be (0, 0), (0, 1),
+ (1, 0), (1, 1).
shape : (N,) tuple of ints
Shape of the output array, which also determines the shape of
the coordinate arrays passed to `function`.
@@ -1678,10 +1677,11 @@ def fromfunction(function, shape, **kwargs):
Returns
-------
- out : any
+ fromfunction : any
The result of the call to `function` is passed back directly.
- Therefore the type and shape of `out` is completely determined by
- `function`.
+ Therefore the shape of `fromfunction` is completely determined by
+ `function`. If `function` returns a scalar value, the shape of
+ `fromfunction` would match the `shape` parameter.
See Also
--------
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ def fromfunction(function, shape, **kwargs):
Notes
-----
- Keywords other than `shape` and `dtype` are passed to `function`.
+ Keywords other than `dtype` are passed to `function`.
Examples
--------
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ def allclose(a, b, rtol=1.e-5, atol=1.e-8):
Returns
-------
- y : bool
+ allclose : bool
Returns True if the two arrays are equal within the given
tolerance; False otherwise. If either array contains NaN, then
False is returned.
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ def seterr(all=None, divide=None, over=None, under=None, invalid=None):
See also
--------
seterrcall : Set a callback function for the 'call' mode.
- geterr, geterrcall
+ geterr, geterrcall, errstate
Notes
-----