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diff --git a/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py b/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py index 1dc4f60bf..73fd2cdc3 100644 --- a/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py +++ b/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py @@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ dimensions are compatible when 2) one of them is 1 If these conditions are not met, a -``ValueError: frames are not aligned`` exception is thrown, indicating that -the arrays have incompatible shapes. The size of the resulting array -is the maximum size along each dimension of the input arrays. +``ValueError: operands could not be broadcast together`` exception is +thrown, indicating that the arrays have incompatible shapes. The size of +the resulting array is the maximum size along each dimension of the input +arrays. Arrays do not need to have the same *number* of dimensions. For example, if you have a ``256x256x3`` array of RGB values, and you want to scale @@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ An example of broadcasting in practice:: (5,) >>> x + y - <type 'exceptions.ValueError'>: shape mismatch: objects cannot be broadcast to a single shape + <type 'exceptions.ValueError'>: operands could not be broadcast together with shapes (4,) (5,) >>> xx.shape (4, 1) |