cfdm.Index.set_data¶
-
Index.
set_data
(data, copy=True, inplace=True)[source]¶ Set the data.
The units, calendar and fill value of the incoming
Data
instance are removed prior to insertion.New in version (cfdm): 1.7.0
- Parameters
- data: data_like
The data to be inserted.
A data_like object is any object that can be converted to a
Data
object, i.e.numpy
array_like objects,Data
objects, and cfdm instances that containData
objects.- copy:
bool
, optional If True (the default) then copy the data prior to insertion, else the data is not copied.
- inplace:
bool
, optional: If True (the default) then do the operation in-place and return
None
. If False a new, modifiedIndex
instance is returned.New in version (cfdm): 1.8.7.0
- Returns
Examples
>>> f = cfdm.Index() >>> f.set_data([1, 2, 3]) >>> f.has_data() True >>> f.get_data() <Data(3): [1, 2, 3]> >>> f.data <Data(3): [1, 2, 3]> >>> f.del_data() <Data(3): [1, 2, 3]> >>> g = f.set_data([4, 5, 6], inplace=False) >>> g.data <Data(3): [4, 5, 6]> >>> f.has_data() False >>> print(f.get_data(None)) None >>> print(f.del_data(None)) None