Determine whether input has masked values


To determine whether input has masked values, use the ma.is_masked() method in Python Numpy. Accepts any object as input, but always returns False unless the input is a MaskedArray containing masked values. Returns True if the array is a MaskedArray with masked values, False otherwise.

A masked array is the combination of a standard numpy.ndarray and a mask. A mask is either nomask, indicating that no value of the associated array is invalid, or an array of booleans that determines for each element of the associated array whether the value is valid or not.

Steps

At first, import the required library −

import numpy as np
import numpy.ma as ma

Creating a 4x4 array with int elements using the numpy.arange() method −

arr = np.arange(16).reshape((4,4))
print("Array...
", arr) print("
Array type...
", arr.dtype)

Get the dimensions of the Array −

print("
Array Dimensions...
",arr.ndim)

Get the shape of the Array −

print("
Our Masked Array Shape...
",arr.shape)

Get the number of elements of the Array −

print("
Elements in the Masked Array...
",arr.size)

Create a masked array −

arr = ma.array(arr)
arr[0, 1] = ma.masked
arr[1, 1] = ma.masked
arr[2, 1] = ma.masked
arr[2, 2] = ma.masked
arr[3, 0] = ma.masked
arr[3, 2] = ma.masked
arr[3, 3] = ma.masked

Count the number of masked elements along specific axis −

print("
The number of masked elements...
",ma.count_masked(arr, axis = 1))

Return the mask of a masked array −

print("
The mask of a masked array)...
",ma.getmask(arr))

Return the data of a masked array as an ndarray −

print("
Data of a masked array as an ndarray...
",ma.getdata(arr))

To determine whether input has masked values, use the ma.is_masked() method in Python Numpy −

print("
Whether input has masked values?
",ma.is_masked(arr))

Example

import numpy as np
import numpy.ma as ma

# Creating a 4x4 array with int elements using the numpy.arange() method
arr = np.arange(16).reshape((4,4))
print("Array...
", arr) print("
Array type...
", arr.dtype) # Get the dimensions of the Array print("
Array Dimensions...
",arr.ndim) print("
Our Array type...
", arr.dtype) # Get the shape of the Array print("
Our Masked Array Shape...
",arr.shape) # Get the number of elements of the Array print("
Elements in the Masked Array...
",arr.size) # Create a masked array arr = ma.array(arr) arr[0, 1] = ma.masked arr[1, 1] = ma.masked arr[2, 1] = ma.masked arr[2, 2] = ma.masked arr[3, 0] = ma.masked arr[3, 2] = ma.masked arr[3, 3] = ma.masked # Count the number of masked elements along specific axis print("
The number of masked elements...
",ma.count_masked(arr, axis = 1)) # Return the mask of a masked array print("
The mask of a masked array)...
",ma.getmask(arr)) # Return the data of a masked array as an ndarray print("
Data of a masked array as an ndarray...
",ma.getdata(arr)) # To determine whether input has masked values, use the ma.is_masked() method in Python Numpy print("
Whether input has masked values?
",ma.is_masked(arr))

Output

Array...
[[ 0 1 2 3]
[ 4 5 6 7]
[ 8 9 10 11]
[12 13 14 15]]

Array type...
int64

Array Dimensions...
2

Our Array type...
int64

Our Masked Array Shape...
(4, 4)

Elements in the Masked Array...
16

The number of masked elements...
[1 1 2 3]

The mask of a masked array)...
[[False True False False]
[False True False False]
[False True True False]
[ True False True True]]

Data of a masked array as an ndarray...
[[ 0 1 2 3]
[ 4 5 6 7]
[ 8 9 10 11]
[12 13 14 15]]

Whether input has masked values?
True

Updated on: 18-Feb-2022

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