numpy.asfortranarray

numpy.asfortranarray(a, dtype=None, *, like=None) [source]

Return an array (ndim >= 1) laid out in Fortran order in memory.

Parameters

aarray_like

Input array.

dtypestr or dtype object, optional

By default, the data-type is inferred from the input data.

likearray_like

Reference object to allow the creation of arrays which are not NumPy arrays. If an array-like passed in as like supports the __array_function__ protocol, the result will be defined by it. In this case, it ensures the creation of an array object compatible with that passed in via this argument.

Note

The like keyword is an experimental feature pending on acceptance of NEP 35.

New in version 1.20.0.

Returns

outndarray

The input a in Fortran, or column-major, order.

See also

ascontiguousarray

Convert input to a contiguous (C order) array.

asanyarray

Convert input to an ndarray with either row or column-major memory order.

require

Return an ndarray that satisfies requirements.

ndarray.flags

Information about the memory layout of the array.

Examples

>>> x = np.arange(6).reshape(2,3)
>>> y = np.asfortranarray(x)
>>> x.flags['F_CONTIGUOUS']
False
>>> y.flags['F_CONTIGUOUS']
True

Note: This function returns an array with at least one-dimension (1-d) so it will not preserve 0-d arrays.