scipp.scalar

scipp.scalar(value, variance=None, unit=dimensionless, dtype=None)

Constructs a zero dimensional Variable with a unit and optional variance.

Seealso

scipp.zeros() scipp.ones() scipp.empty() scipp.array()

Parameters

  • value (Any) – Initial value.

  • variance (Optional[Any]) – Optional, initial variance, Default=None

  • unit (Union[scipp._scipp.core.Unit, str]) – Optional, unit. Default=dimensionless

  • dtype (Optional[scipp._scipp.core._DType]) – Optional, type of underlying data. Default=None, in which case type is inferred from value input. Cannot be specified for value types of str, Dataset or DataArray.

Returns

A scalar (zero-dimensional) Variable.

Return type

Variable