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authorgfyoung <gfyoung17@gmail.com>2016-09-11 01:02:19 -0400
committergfyoung <gfyoung17@gmail.com>2016-09-11 13:42:44 -0400
commitfa369d17e110717535860d8caea5bec44da53f42 (patch)
tree4dc7233fefd0bcb7ab4906b8a8cb35640d1b212a /numpy/core/numeric.py
parentcb7f4078bf94cde6233b9128f138ba18e04c1d1d (diff)
downloadnumpy-fa369d17e110717535860d8caea5bec44da53f42.tar.gz
DOC, MAINT: Update error message in rollaxis.
Updates error message to properly reflect that the 'start' or 'axis' can be negative. Closes gh-7974.
Diffstat (limited to 'numpy/core/numeric.py')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/numeric.py b/numpy/core/numeric.py
index ad2dcc291..81d9d3697 100644
--- a/numpy/core/numeric.py
+++ b/numpy/core/numeric.py
@@ -1531,12 +1531,12 @@ def rollaxis(a, axis, start=0):
axis += n
if start < 0:
start += n
- msg = 'rollaxis: %s (%d) must be >=0 and < %d'
+ msg = "'%s' arg requires %d <= %s < %d, but %d was passed in"
if not (0 <= axis < n):
- raise ValueError(msg % ('axis', axis, n))
+ raise ValueError(msg % ('axis', -n, 'axis', n, axis))
if not (0 <= start < n + 1):
- raise ValueError(msg % ('start', start, n + 1))
- if (axis < start):
+ raise ValueError(msg % ('start', -n, 'start', n + 1, start))
+ if axis < start:
# it's been removed
start -= 1
if axis == start: