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# numpy.ma.MaskedArray.tostring

`MaskedArray.``tostring`(fill_value=None, order='C')

  Return a copy of array data as a Python string containing the raw bytes in the array. The array is filled beforehand.

  Parameters: | fill_value : {var}, optional Value used to fill in the masked values. If None, uses self.fill_value instead. order : {string} Order of the data item in the copy {‘C’,’F’,’A’}. ‘C’ – C order (row major) ‘Fortran’ – Fortran order (column major) ‘Any’ – Current order of array. None – Same as “Any”

  Notes

  As for method:ndarray.tostring, information about the shape, dtype..., but also fill_value will be lost.

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