skbio.stats.distance.DistanceMatrix.condensed_form

DistanceMatrix.condensed_form()[source]

Return an array of distances in condensed format.

State: Experimental as of 0.4.0.

Returns:One-dimensional numpy.ndarray of distances in condensed format.
Return type:ndarray

Notes

Condensed format is described in [1].

The conversion is not a constant-time operation, though it should be relatively quick to perform.

References

[1]http://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/spatial.distance.html