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Fonction linspace - module numpy.matlib

Signature de la fonction linspace

def linspace(start, stop, num=50, endpoint=True, retstep=False, dtype=None, axis=0) 

Description

linspace.__doc__

    Return evenly spaced numbers over a specified interval.

    Returns `num` evenly spaced samples, calculated over the
    interval [`start`, `stop`].

    The endpoint of the interval can optionally be excluded.

    .. versionchanged:: 1.16.0
        Non-scalar `start` and `stop` are now supported.

    .. versionchanged:: 1.20.0
        Values are rounded towards ``-inf`` instead of ``0`` when an
        integer ``dtype`` is specified. The old behavior can
        still be obtained with ``np.linspace(start, stop, num).astype(int)``

    Parameters
    ----------
    start : array_like
        The starting value of the sequence.
    stop : array_like
        The end value of the sequence, unless `endpoint` is set to False.
        In that case, the sequence consists of all but the last of ``num + 1``
        evenly spaced samples, so that `stop` is excluded.  Note that the step
        size changes when `endpoint` is False.
    num : int, optional
        Number of samples to generate. Default is 50. Must be non-negative.
    endpoint : bool, optional
        If True, `stop` is the last sample. Otherwise, it is not included.
        Default is True.
    retstep : bool, optional
        If True, return (`samples`, `step`), where `step` is the spacing
        between samples.
    dtype : dtype, optional
        The type of the output array.  If `dtype` is not given, the data type
        is inferred from `start` and `stop`. The inferred dtype will never be
        an integer; `float` is chosen even if the arguments would produce an
        array of integers.

        .. versionadded:: 1.9.0

    axis : int, optional
        The axis in the result to store the samples.  Relevant only if start
        or stop are array-like.  By default (0), the samples will be along a
        new axis inserted at the beginning. Use -1 to get an axis at the end.

        .. versionadded:: 1.16.0

    Returns
    -------
    samples : ndarray
        There are `num` equally spaced samples in the closed interval
        ``[start, stop]`` or the half-open interval ``[start, stop)``
        (depending on whether `endpoint` is True or False).
    step : float, optional
        Only returned if `retstep` is True

        Size of spacing between samples.


    See Also
    --------
    arange : Similar to `linspace`, but uses a step size (instead of the
             number of samples).
    geomspace : Similar to `linspace`, but with numbers spaced evenly on a log
                scale (a geometric progression).
    logspace : Similar to `geomspace`, but with the end points specified as
               logarithms.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> np.linspace(2.0, 3.0, num=5)
    array([2.  , 2.25, 2.5 , 2.75, 3.  ])
    >>> np.linspace(2.0, 3.0, num=5, endpoint=False)
    array([2. ,  2.2,  2.4,  2.6,  2.8])
    >>> np.linspace(2.0, 3.0, num=5, retstep=True)
    (array([2.  ,  2.25,  2.5 ,  2.75,  3.  ]), 0.25)

    Graphical illustration:

    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    >>> N = 8
    >>> y = np.zeros(N)
    >>> x1 = np.linspace(0, 10, N, endpoint=True)
    >>> x2 = np.linspace(0, 10, N, endpoint=False)
    >>> plt.plot(x1, y, 'o')
    [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x...>]
    >>> plt.plot(x2, y + 0.5, 'o')
    [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x...>]
    >>> plt.ylim([-0.5, 1])
    (-0.5, 1)
    >>> plt.show()