turicreate.SArray.from_const

classmethod SArray.from_const(value, size, dtype=<class 'NoneType'>)

Constructs an SArray of size with a const value.

Parameters:
value : [int | float | str | array.array | list | dict | datetime]

The value to fill the SArray

size : int

The size of the SArray

dtype : type

The type of the SArray. If not specified, is automatically detected from the value. This should be specified if value=None since the actual type of the SArray can be anything.

Examples

Construct an SArray consisting of 10 zeroes:

>>> turicreate.SArray.from_const(0, 10)

Construct an SArray consisting of 10 missing string values:

>>> turicreate.SArray.from_const(None, 10, str)