`numpy.ma.core:MaskedArray._get_data`

Signature

def _get_data(self)

Returns the underlying data, as a view of the masked array.

If the underlying data is a subclass of numpy.ndarray, it is returned as such.

>>> x = np.ma.array(np.matrix([[1, 2], [3, 4]]), mask=[[0, 1], [1, 0]])
>>> x.data
matrix([[1, 2],
        [3, 4]])

The type of the data can be accessed through the baseclass attribute.