`numpy.matlib:empty`

source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/numpy/matlib.py :25

Signature

def empty ( shape , dtype = None , order = C )

Summary

Return a new matrix of given shape and type, without initializing entries.

Parameters

shape : int or tuple of int: Shape of the empty matrix.
dtype : data-type, optional: Desired output data-type.
order : {'C', 'F'}, optional: Whether to store multi-dimensional data in row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style) order in memory.

Notes

Unlike other matrix creation functions (e.g. matlib.zeros, matlib.ones), matlib.empty does not initialize the values of the matrix, and may therefore be marginally faster. However, the values stored in the newly allocated matrix are arbitrary. For reproducible behavior, be sure to set each element of the matrix before reading.

Examples

import numpy.matlib

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np.matlib.empty((2, 2))    # filled with random data
np.matlib.empty((2, 2), dtype=int)

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Aliases

numpy.matlib.empty