pydsm.utilities.chop

pydsm.utilities.chop(x, tol=2.220446049250313e-14)

Chop to zero input numbers that are close to zero.

Parameters

xfloat, complex or array_like

number to process

tolfloat, optional

absolute tolerance. Defaults to 100 times the system epsilon.

Returns

yfloat

y is zero if x is close to zero according to the tolerance. Alternatively, y is x.

Notes

If the input is an array, it is always copied. See also is_negligible.