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built-in

`numpy.char:compare_chararrays`

Signature

built-in compare_chararrays ( a1 , a2 , cmp , rstrip )

Summary

Performs element-wise comparison of two string arrays using the comparison operator specified by cmp.

Parameters

a1, a2 : array_like: Arrays to be compared.
cmp : {"<", "<=", "==", ">=", ">", "!="}: Type of comparison.
rstrip : bool: If True, the spaces at the end of strings are removed before the comparison.

Returns

out : ndarray: The output array of type numpy.bool with the same shape as a1 and a2.

Raises

: ValueError: If cmp is not valid.
: TypeError: If at least one of a1 or a2 is a non-string array

Examples

import numpy as np
a = np.array(["a", "b", "cde"])
b = np.array(["a", "a", "dec"])
np.char.compare_chararrays(a, b, ">", True)

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Aliases

numpy.char.compare_chararrays