skbio.stats.distance.SymmetricMatrix.condensed_form

SymmetricMatrix.condensed_form()

Return an array of distances in condensed format.

Returns:

datandarray

One-dimensional numpy.ndarray of values in condensed format.

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