numpy.require — NumPy v2.2 Manual (original) (raw)

numpy.require(a, dtype=None, requirements=None, *, like=None)[source]#

Return an ndarray of the provided type that satisfies requirements.

This function is useful to be sure that an array with the correct flags is returned for passing to compiled code (perhaps through ctypes).

Parameters:

aarray_like

The object to be converted to a type-and-requirement-satisfying array.

dtypedata-type

The required data-type. If None preserve the current dtype. If your application requires the data to be in native byteorder, include a byteorder specification as a part of the dtype specification.

requirementsstr or sequence of str

The requirements list can be any of the following

• ‘F_CONTIGUOUS’ (‘F’) - ensure a Fortran-contiguous array
• ‘C_CONTIGUOUS’ (‘C’) - ensure a C-contiguous array
• ‘ALIGNED’ (‘A’) - ensure a data-type aligned array
• ‘WRITEABLE’ (‘W’) - ensure a writable array
• ‘OWNDATA’ (‘O’) - ensure an array that owns its own data
• ‘ENSUREARRAY’, (‘E’) - ensure a base array, instead of a subclass

likearray_like, optional

Reference object to allow the creation of arrays which are not NumPy arrays. If an array-like passed in as like supports the __array_function__ protocol, the result will be defined by it. In this case, it ensures the creation of an array object compatible with that passed in via this argument.

New in version 1.20.0.

Returns:

outndarray

Array with specified requirements and type if given.

See also

asarray

Convert input to an ndarray.

asanyarray

Convert to an ndarray, but pass through ndarray subclasses.

ascontiguousarray

Convert input to a contiguous array.

asfortranarray

Convert input to an ndarray with column-major memory order.

ndarray.flags

Information about the memory layout of the array.

Notes

The returned array will be guaranteed to have the listed requirements by making a copy if needed.

Examples

import numpy as np x = np.arange(6).reshape(2,3) x.flags C_CONTIGUOUS : True F_CONTIGUOUS : False OWNDATA : False WRITEABLE : True ALIGNED : True WRITEBACKIFCOPY : False

y = np.require(x, dtype=np.float32, requirements=['A', 'O', 'W', 'F']) y.flags C_CONTIGUOUS : False F_CONTIGUOUS : True OWNDATA : True WRITEABLE : True ALIGNED : True WRITEBACKIFCOPY : False