numpy.asfarray

numpy.asfarray(a, dtype=<class 'numpy.float64'>)

Return an array converted to a float type.

Parameters

aarray_like

The input array.

dtypestr or dtype object, optional

Float type code to coerce input array a. If dtype is one of the ‘int’ dtypes, it is replaced with float64.

Returns

outndarray

The input a as a float ndarray.

Examples

>>> np.asfarray([2, 3])
array([2.,  3.])
>>> np.asfarray([2, 3], dtype='float')
array([2.,  3.])
>>> np.asfarray([2, 3], dtype='int8')
array([2.,  3.])