cf.RaggedContiguousArray.get_compression_type

RaggedContiguousArray.get_compression_type()[source]

The type of compression that has been applied to the underlying array.

New in version 1.7.0.

Returns:
str

The compression type. An empty string means that no compression has been applied.

Examples:

>>> a.compression_type
''
>>> a.compression_type
'gathered'
>>> a.compression_type
'ragged contiguous'