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| author | njsmith <njs@pobox.com> | 2014-02-24 18:50:04 -0500 |
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| committer | njsmith <njs@pobox.com> | 2014-02-24 18:50:04 -0500 |
| commit | f8bcb8802af1b5ba5b4c9a67109095e8072a041a (patch) | |
| tree | 3a51a9fd27a492a12e44f9b4462fc58ce10f2691 /numpy/doc/broadcasting.py | |
| parent | 42c8ced9257869a3897d84e2d5da570ddbb5fc59 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-f8bcb8802af1b5ba5b4c9a67109095e8072a041a.tar.gz | |
[DOC] Fix small inaccuracy in broadcasting docs
During broadcasting, dimensions with size 1 can be matched against 0-sized dimensions, and in this case it's the size 1 dimension that will be shrunk away to nothingness. So it's wrong to say that the *smaller* dimension is the one that changes.
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py b/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py index 43b725b83..d6069a0fa 100644 --- a/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py +++ b/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ they are compatible:: Scale (1d array): 3 Result (3d array): 256 x 256 x 3 -When either of the dimensions compared is one, the larger of the two is -used. In other words, the smaller of two axes is stretched or "copied" +When either of the dimensions compared is one, the other is +used. In other words, dimensions with size 1 are stretched or "copied" to match the other. In the following example, both the ``A`` and ``B`` arrays have axes with |