dask.array.Array.astype
dask.array.Array.astype¶
- Array.astype(dtype, **kwargs)[source]¶
Copy of the array, cast to a specified type.
- Parameters
- dtypestr or dtype
Typecode or data-type to which the array is cast.
- casting{‘no’, ‘equiv’, ‘safe’, ‘same_kind’, ‘unsafe’}, optional
Controls what kind of data casting may occur. Defaults to ‘unsafe’ for backwards compatibility.
‘no’ means the data types should not be cast at all.
‘equiv’ means only byte-order changes are allowed.
‘safe’ means only casts which can preserve values are allowed.
- ‘same_kind’ means only safe casts or casts within a kind,
like float64 to float32, are allowed.
‘unsafe’ means any data conversions may be done.
- copybool, optional
By default, astype always returns a newly allocated array. If this is set to False and the dtype requirement is satisfied, the input array is returned instead of a copy.
Note
Dask does not respect the contiguous memory layout of the array, and will ignore the
order
keyword argument. The default order is ‘C’ contiguous.