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| author | Warren Weckesser <warren.weckesser@gmail.com> | 2020-07-02 17:01:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Warren Weckesser <warren.weckesser@gmail.com> | 2020-07-02 17:01:28 -0400 |
| commit | 9de802ab28252b1d1480382db96a917e7f519cfa (patch) | |
| tree | fab576edc0921a09e887c85cfba560f67686098c | |
| parent | 942add94ed3bbe479c2e6f5ca8e2a8a6d4ca4831 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-9de802ab28252b1d1480382db96a917e7f519cfa.tar.gz | |
DOC: Tweak a sentence about broadcasting.
* Make clear that "trailing" means the "rightmost" dimensions.
* Instead of saying "works its way forward" (forward?), say
"works its way left".
| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/doc/broadcasting.py | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py b/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py index 63975e6a9..4ac1fd129 100644 --- a/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py +++ b/numpy/doc/broadcasting.py @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ because broadcasting moves less memory around during the multiplication General Broadcasting Rules ========================== When operating on two arrays, NumPy compares their shapes element-wise. -It starts with the trailing dimensions and works its way forward. Two -dimensions are compatible when +It starts with the trailing (i.e. rightmost) dimensions and works its +way left. Two dimensions are compatible when 1) they are equal, or 2) one of them is 1 |