`scipy.datasets._utils:clear_cache`

Signature

def clear_cache(datasets = None)

Cleans the SciPy datasets cache directory.

datasets : callable or list/tuple of callable or None: Dataset whose cached files are to be removed. If None (default), all cached files are removed.

Array API Standard Support

clear_cache is not in-scope for support of Python Array API Standard compatible backends other than NumPy.

See dev-arrayapi for more information.

from scipy import datasets
ascent_array = datasets.ascent()
ascent_array.shape
datasets.clear_cache([datasets.ascent])

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Cleaning the file ascent.dat for dataset ascent