numpy.char.not_equal#

char.not_equal(x1, x2)[source]#

Return (x1 != x2) element-wise.

Unlike numpy.not_equal, this comparison is performed by first stripping whitespace characters from the end of the string. This behavior is provided for backward-compatibility with numarray.

Parameters:

x1, x2array_like of str or unicode: Input arrays of the same shape.

Returns:

outndarray: Output array of bools.

See also

equal, greater_equal, less_equal, greater, less

Examples

>>> import numpy as np
>>> x1 = np.array(['a', 'b', 'c'])
>>> np.char.not_equal(x1, 'b')
array([ True, False,  True])