bundles / astropy 7.0.1 / astropy / io / fits / file / _File / readarray

function

`astropy.io.fits.file:_File.readarray`

source: /astropy/io/fits/file.py :301

Signature

   def     readarray (    self    ,    size    =  None   ,    offset    =  0   ,    dtype    =  <class 'numpy.uint8'>   ,    shape    =  None     )

Summary

Similar to file.read(), but returns the contents of the underlying file as a numpy array (or mmap'd array if memmap=True) rather than a string.

Extended Summary

Usually it's best not to use the size argument with this method, but it's provided for compatibility.

Aliases

astropy.io.fits.convenience._File.readarray