xarray.DataArray.astype¶

DataArray.astype(dtype, casting='unsafe', copy=True, keep_attrs=True)¶

Copy of the xarray object, with data cast to a specified type. Leaves coordinate dtype unchanged.

Parameters

dtype (str or dtype) – Typecode or data-type to which the array is cast.
casting ({'no', 'equiv', 'safe', 'same_kind', 'unsafe'}, optional) – Controls what kind of data casting may occur. Defaults to ‘unsafe’ for backwards compatibility.
- ‘no’ means the data types should not be cast at all.
- ‘equiv’ means only byte-order changes are allowed.
- ‘safe’ means only casts which can preserve values are allowed.
- ‘same_kind’ means only safe casts or casts within a kind,
  like float64 to float32, are allowed.
- ‘unsafe’ means any data conversions may be done.
copy (bool, optional) – By default, astype always returns a newly allocated array. If this is set to False and the dtype requirement is satisfied, the input array is returned instead of a copy.
keep_attrs (bool, optional) – By default, astype keeps attributes. Set to False to remove attributes in the returned object.

Returns

out – New object with data cast to the specified type.

Return type

same as object