LinearStretch

class astropy.visualization.LinearStretch

Bases: astropy.visualization.BaseStretch

A linear stretch.

The stretch is given by:

\[y = x\]

Attributes Summary

inverse

A stretch object that performs the inverse operation.

Methods Summary

__call__(values[, clip, out])

Transform values using this stretch.

Attributes Documentation

inverse

A stretch object that performs the inverse operation.

Methods Documentation

__call__(values, clip=True, out=None)

Transform values using this stretch.

Parameters:

values : array-like

The input values, which should already be normalized to the [0:1] range.

clip : bool, optional

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

out : ndarray, optional

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

Returns:

result : ndarray

The transformed values.