cf.CellMeasure.equals

CellMeasure.equals(other, rtol=None, atol=None, ignore_fill_value=False, traceback=False, ignore=())[source]

True if two cell measures are equal, False otherwise.

Parameters:
other
:

The object to compare for equality.

atol: float, optional

The absolute tolerance for all numerical comparisons, By default the value returned by the cf.ATOL function is used.

rtol: float, optional

The relative tolerance for all numerical comparisons, By default the value returned by the cf.RTOL function is used.

ignore_fill_value
: bool, optional

If True then data arrays with different fill values are considered equal. By default they are considered unequal.

traceback
: bool, optional

If True then print a traceback highlighting where the two cell measures differ.

ignore
: tuple, optional

The names of CF properties to omit from the comparison.

Returns:
out
: bool

Whether or not the two cell measures are equal.

Examples:
>>> f.equals(f)
True
>>> g = f + 1
>>> f.equals(g)
False
>>> g -= 1
>>> f.equals(g)
True
>>> f.setprop('name', 'name0')
>>> g.setprop('name', 'name1')
>>> f.equals(g)
False
>>> f.equals(g, ignore=['name'])
True