cf.GatheredArray.get_compression_type

GatheredArray.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'