[Numpy-discussion] isarray in numpy?

[Eric Firing]

Travis Oliphant wrote:
> mark wrote:
> 
>> Is there a way to check whether something is an array?
>> It seems that
>>  
>>
> isinstance(a, numpy.ndarray)
> 
> This will return True if a is an array or a sub-class. 

Watch out if you use numpy.ma; or use Pierre G-M's maskedarray instead 
(assuming you want a masked array to be identified as an array):

In [1]:import numpy as N

In [2]:xx = N.ma.array([1,2,3])

In [3]:isinstance(xx, N.ndarray)
Out[3]:False

In [4]:import maskedarray as MA

In [5]:yy = MA.array([1,2,3])

In [6]:isinstance(yy, N.ndarray)
Out[6]:True

Eric

> 
> -Travis
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