check_broadcast#

astropy.utils.shapes.check_broadcast(*shapes)[source]#

Determines whether two or more Numpy arrays can be broadcast with each other based on their shape tuple alone.

Parameters:
*shapestuple

All shapes to include in the comparison. If only one shape is given it is passed through unmodified. If no shapes are given returns an empty tuple.

Returns:
broadcasttuple

If all shapes are mutually broadcastable, returns a tuple of the full broadcast shape.