pyvista.core._validation.check.check_less_than

check_less_than(

array: _ArrayLikeOrScalar[NumberType],

/,

value: float,

*,

strict: bool = True,

name: str = 'Array',

) → None

Check if an array’s elements are all less than some value.

Parameters:

arrayfloat | ArrayLike[float]

Number or array to check.

valuefloat

Value which the array’s elements must be less than.

strictbool, default: True

If True, the array’s value must be strictly less than value. Otherwise, values must be less than or equal to value.

namestr, default: “Array”

Variable name to use in the error messages if any are raised.

Raises:

ValueError

If not all array elements are less than (or equal to if strict=True) the specified value.

See also

check_greater_than

check_range

check_nonnegative

Examples

Check if an array’s values are less than 0.

>>> from pyvista import _validation
>>> _validation.check_less_than([-1, -2, -3], value=0)