cf.Data.get_compression_type

Data.get_compression_type()[source]

Return the type of compression applied to the underlying array.

New in version 1.7.0.

See also

compressed_array, compression_axes, get_compressed_dimension

Returns
str

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

Examples:

>>> d.get_compression_type()
''

>>> d.get_compression_type()
'gathered'

>>> d.get_compression_type()
'ragged contiguous'