Function isMaskedArray

numpy/ma/core.py:6685–6734

Test whether input is an instance of MaskedArray. This function returns True if `x` is an instance of MaskedArray and returns False otherwise. Any object is accepted as input. Parameters ---------- x : object Object to test. Returns ------- result : b

(x)

def isMaskedArray(x):
    """
    Test whether input is an instance of MaskedArray.

    This function returns True if `x` is an instance of MaskedArray
    and returns False otherwise.  Any object is accepted as input.

    Parameters
    ----------
    x : object
        Object to test.

    Returns
    -------
    result : bool
        True if `x` is a MaskedArray.

    See Also
    --------
    isMA : Alias to isMaskedArray.
    isarray : Alias to isMaskedArray.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> import numpy as np
    >>> import numpy.ma as ma
    >>> a = np.eye(3, 3)
    >>> a
    array([[ 1.,  0.,  0.],
           [ 0.,  1.,  0.],
           [ 0.,  0.,  1.]])
    >>> m = ma.masked_values(a, 0)
    >>> m
    masked_array(
      data=[[1.0, --, --],
            [--, 1.0, --],
            [--, --, 1.0]],
      mask=[[False,  True,  True],
            [ True, False,  True],
            [ True,  True, False]],
      fill_value=0.0)
    >>> ma.isMaskedArray(a)
    False
    >>> ma.isMaskedArray(m)
    True
    >>> ma.isMaskedArray([0, 1, 2])
    False

    """
    return isinstance(x, MaskedArray)


isarray = isMaskedArray