scipy.spatial.distance.is_valid_y

scipy.spatial.distance.is_valid_y(y, warning=False, throw=False, name=None)

Returns True if the input array is a valid condensed distance matrix.

Condensed distance matrices must be 1-dimensional numpy arrays. Their length must be a binomial coefficient \({n \choose 2}\) for some positive integer n.

Parameters:

y : ndarray

The condensed distance matrix.

warning : bool, optional

Invokes a warning if the variable passed is not a valid condensed distance matrix. The warning message explains why the distance matrix is not valid. name is used when referencing the offending variable.

throw : bool, optional

Throws an exception if the variable passed is not a valid condensed distance matrix.

name : bool, optional

Used when referencing the offending variable in the warning or exception message.