larray.AxisCollection.without

AxisCollection.without(axes) → AxisCollection[source]

Return a new collection without some axes.

You can use a comma separated list of names.

Parameters

axesint, str, Axis or sequence of those: Axes to not include in the returned AxisCollection. In case of string, axes are separated by a comma and no whitespace is accepted.

Returns

AxisCollection: New collection without some axes.

Notes

Set operation so axes can contain axes not present in self

Examples

>>> age = Axis('age=0..5')
>>> sex = Axis('sex=M,F')
>>> time = Axis('time=2015..2017')
>>> col = AxisCollection([age, sex, time])
>>> col.without([age, sex])
AxisCollection([
    Axis([2015, 2016, 2017], 'time')
])
>>> col.without(0)
AxisCollection([
    Axis(['M', 'F'], 'sex'),
    Axis([2015, 2016, 2017], 'time')
])
>>> col.without('sex,time')
AxisCollection([
    Axis([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 'age')
])