BaseStretch

class astropy.visualization.BaseStretch[source]

Bases: astropy.visualization.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)[source]

Transform values using this stretch.

Parameters:
values : array-like

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

clip : bool, optional

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

out : ndarray, optional

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

The transformed values.