# numpy.ma.MaskedArray.compress

method

ma.MaskedArray.compress(condition, axis=None, out=None)

  Return a where condition is `True`.

  If condition is a `MaskedArray`, missing values are considered as `False`.

  Parameters:
    condition var

      Boolean 1-d array selecting which entries to return. If len(condition) is less than the size of a along the axis, then output is truncated to length of condition array.

    axis{None, int}, optional

      Axis along which the operation must be performed.

    out{None, ndarray}, optional

      Alternative output array in which to place the result. It must have the same shape as the expected output but the type will be cast if necessary.

  Returns:
    result MaskedArray

      A `MaskedArray` object.

  Notes

  Please note the difference with `compressed` ! The output of `compress` has a mask, the output of `compressed` does not.

  Examples

      >>> x = np.ma.array([[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]], mask=[0] + [1,0]*4)
      >>> x
      masked_array(
        data=[[1, --, 3],
              [--, 5, --],
              [7, --, 9]],
        mask=[[False,  True, False],
              [ True, False,  True],
              [False,  True, False]],
        fill_value=999999)
      >>> x.compress([1, 0, 1])
      masked_array(data=[1, 3],
                   mask=[False, False],
             fill_value=999999)

      >>> x.compress([1, 0, 1], axis=1)
      masked_array(
        data=[[1, 3],
              [--, --],
              [7, 9]],
        mask=[[False, False],
              [ True,  True],
              [False, False]],
        fill_value=999999)