BaseInterval#

class astropy.visualization.BaseInterval[source]#

Bases: BaseTransform

Base class for the interval classes, which, when called with an array of values, return an interval computed following different algorithms.

Methods Summary

__call__(values[, clip, out])

Transform values using this interval.

get_limits(values)

Return the minimum and maximum value in the interval based on the values provided.

Methods Documentation

__call__(values, clip=True, out=None)[source]#

Transform values using this interval.

Parameters:
valuesarray_like

The input values.

clipbool, optional

If True (default), values outside the [0:1] range are clipped to the [0:1] range.

outndarray, optional

If specified, the output values will be placed in this array (typically used for in-place calculations).

Returns:
resultndarray

The transformed values.

abstract get_limits(values)[source]#

Return the minimum and maximum value in the interval based on the values provided.

Parameters:
valuesndarray

The image values.

Returns:
vmin, vmaxfloat

The mininium and maximum image value in the interval.