numpy.core.defchararray.less — NumPy v1.11 Manual (original) (raw)

numpy.core.defchararray.less(x1, x2)[source]

Return (x1 < x2) element-wise.

Unlike numpy.greater, this comparison is performed by first stripping whitespace characters from the end of the string. This behavior is provided for backward-compatibility with numarray.

Parameters: x1, x2 : array_like of str or unicode Input arrays of the same shape.
Returns: out : ndarray or bool Output array of bools, or a single bool if x1 and x2 are scalars.

See also

equal, not_equal, greater_equal, less_equal, greater