numpy.ma.clump_masked

numpy.ma.clump_masked(a)[source]

Returns a list of slices corresponding to the masked clumps of a 1-D array. (A “clump” is defined as a contiguous region of the array).

Parameters:

a : ndarray

A one-dimensional masked array.

Returns:

slices : list of slice

The list of slices, one for each continuous region of masked elements in a.

Notes

New in version 1.4.0.

Examples

>>> a = np.ma.masked_array(np.arange(10))
>>> a[[0, 1, 2, 6, 8, 9]] = np.ma.masked
>>> np.ma.clump_masked(a)
[slice(0, 3, None), slice(6, 7, None), slice(8, 10, None)]