convert_numpy¶
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astropy.io.ascii.
convert_numpy
(numpy_type)[source]¶ Return a tuple containing a function which converts a list into a numpy array and the type produced by the converter function.
- Parameters
- numpy_typenumpy data-type
The numpy type required of an array returned by
converter
. Must be a valid numpy type, e.g. numpy.int, numpy.uint, numpy.int8, numpy.int64, numpy.float, numpy.float64, numpy.str.
- Returns
- (converter, converter_type)(function, generic data-type)
converter
is a function which accepts a list and converts it to a numpy array of typenumpy_type
.converter_type
tracks the generic data type produced by the converter function.
- Raises
- ValueError
Raised by
converter
if the list elements could not be converted to the required type.