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# numpy.ma.asarray

`numpy.ma.``asarray`(a, dtype=None, order=None)

  Convert the input a to a masked array of the given datatype.

  Parameters: | a : array_like Input data, in any form that can be converted to an array. This includes lists, lists of tuples, tuples, tuples of tuples, tuples of lists and ndarrays. dtype : data-type, optional By default, the data-type is inferred from the input data. order : {‘C’, ‘F’}, optional Whether to use row-major (‘C’) or column-major (‘FORTRAN’) memory representation. Defaults to ‘C’.
  Returns: | out : ndarray MaskedArray interpretation of a. No copy is performed if the input is already an ndarray. If a is a subclass of MaskedArray, a base class MaskedArray is returned.

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