xorbits.numpy.set_string_function#

xorbits.numpy.set_string_function(f, repr=True)[source]#

Set a Python function to be used when pretty printing arrays.

Parameters
  • f (function or None) – Function to be used to pretty print arrays. The function should expect a single array argument and return a string of the representation of the array. If None, the function is reset to the default NumPy function to print arrays.

  • repr (bool, optional) – If True (default), the function for pretty printing (__repr__) is set, if False the function that returns the default string representation (__str__) is set.

Examples

>>> def pprint(arr):  
...     return 'HA! - What are you going to do now?'
...
>>> np.set_string_function(pprint)  
>>> a = np.arange(10)  
>>> a  
HA! - What are you going to do now?
>>> _ = a  
>>> # [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]

We can reset the function to the default:

>>> np.set_string_function(None)  
>>> a  
array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])

repr affects either pretty printing or normal string representation. Note that __repr__ is still affected by setting __str__ because the width of each array element in the returned string becomes equal to the length of the result of __str__().

>>> x = np.arange(4)  
>>> np.set_string_function(lambda x:'random', repr=False)  
>>> x.__str__()  
'random'
>>> x.__repr__()  
'array([0, 1, 2, 3])'

Warning

This method has not been implemented yet. Xorbits will try to execute it with numpy.

This docstring was copied from numpy.