BaseStretch

class astropy.visualization.BaseStretch

Bases: BaseTransform

Base class for the stretch classes, which, when called with an array of values in the range [0:1], return an transformed array of values, also in the range [0:1].

Attributes Summary

inverse

A stretch object that performs the inverse operation.

Methods Summary

__call__(values[, clip, out])

Transform values using this stretch.

Attributes Documentation

inverse

A stretch object that performs the inverse operation.

Methods Documentation

__call__(values, clip=True, out=None)

Transform values using this stretch.

Parameters:

valuesnumpy:array_like

The input values, which should already be normalized to the [0:1] range.

clipbool, optional

If True (default), values outside the [0:1] range are clipped to the [0:1] range.

outndarray, optional

If specified, the output values will be placed in this array (typically used for in-place calculations).

Returns:

resultndarray

The transformed values.