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# scipy.interpolate.interp1d

class `scipy.interpolate.``interp1d`(x, y, kind='linear', axis=-1, copy=True, bounds_error=True, fill_value=np.nan)

  Interpolate a 1D function.

  x and y are arrays of values used to approximate some function f:
    y = f(x)

  This class returns a function whose call method uses linear interpolation to find the value of new points.

  Parameters : | x : array_like A 1-D array of monotonically increasing real values. y : array_like A N-D array of real values. The length of y along the interpolation axis must be equal to the length of x. kind : str or int, optional Specifies the kind of interpolation as a string (‘linear’,’nearest’, ‘zero’, ‘slinear’, ‘quadratic, ‘cubic’) or as an integer specifying the order of the spline interpolator to use. Default is ‘linear’. axis : int, optional Specifies the axis of y along which to interpolate. Interpolation defaults to the last axis of y. copy : bool, optional If True, the class makes internal copies of x and y. If False, references to x and y are used. The default is to copy. bounds_error : bool, optional If True, an error is thrown any time interpolation is attempted on a value outside of the range of x (where extrapolation is necessary). If False, out of bounds values are assigned fill_value. By default, an error is raised. fill_value : float, optional If provided, then this value will be used to fill in for requested points outside of the data range. If not provided, then the default is NaN.

  See also

  `UnivariateSpline`
    A more recent wrapper of the FITPACK routines.

  `splrep`, `splev`

  Examples

      >>> import scipy.interpolate

      >>> x = np.arange(0, 10)
      >>> y = np.exp(-x/3.0)
      >>> f = sp.interpolate.interp1d(x, y)

      >>> xnew = np.arange(0,9, 0.1)
      >>> ynew = f(xnew)
      >>> plt.plot(x, y, 'o', xnew, ynew, '-')

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