xarray.as_variable

xarray.as_variable(obj, name=None)

Convert an object into a Variable.

Parameters:

obj : object

Object to convert into a Variable.

  • If the object is already a Variable, return a shallow copy.
  • Otherwise, if the object has ‘dims’ and ‘data’ attributes, convert it into a new Variable.
  • If all else fails, attempt to convert the object into a Variable by unpacking it into the arguments for creating a new Variable.

name : str, optional

If provided:

  • obj can be a 1D array, which is assumed to label coordinate values along a dimension of this given name.
  • Variables with name matching one of their dimensions are converted into IndexVariable objects.
Returns:

var : Variable

The newly created variable.