asCOO

sparse.asCOO(x, name='asCOO', check=True)

Convert the input to COO. Passes through COO objects as-is.

Parameters:

• x (Union[SparseArray, scipy.sparse.spmatrix, numpy.ndarray]) – The input array to convert.

• name (str, optional) – The name of the operation to use in the exception.

• check (bool, optional) – Whether to check for a dense input.

Returns:

The converted COO array.

Return type:

COO

Raises:

ValueError – If check is true and a dense input is supplied.