cf.BoundedVariable.array

BoundedVariable.array

A numpy array deep copy of the data array.

Changing the returned numpy array does not change the data array.

See also

data, dtarray, dtvarray, varray

Examples 1:
>>> f.data
<CF Data: [0, ... 4] kg m-1 s-2>
>>> a = f.array
>>> type(a)
<type 'numpy.ndarray'>
>>> print a
[0 1 2 3 4]
>>> a[0] = 999
>>> print a
[999 1 2 3 4]
>>> print f.array
[0 1 2 3 4]
>>> f.data
<CF Data: [0, ... 4] kg m-1 s-2>