def is_scipy_sparse(array): """ return if we are a scipy.sparse.spmatrix """ global _is_scipy_sparse if _is_scipy_sparse is None: try: from scipy.sparse import issparse as _is_scipy_sparse except ImportError: _is_scipy_sparse = lambda _: False return _is_scipy_sparse(array)
def is_scipy_sparse(arr): """ Check whether an array-like is a scipy.sparse.spmatrix instance. Parameters ---------- arr : array-like The array-like to check. Returns ------- boolean : Whether or not the array-like is a scipy.sparse.spmatrix instance. Notes ----- If scipy is not installed, this function will always return False. Examples -------- >>> from scipy.sparse import bsr_matrix >>> is_scipy_sparse(bsr_matrix([1, 2, 3])) True >>> is_scipy_sparse(pd.SparseArray([1, 2, 3])) False >>> is_scipy_sparse(pd.SparseSeries([1, 2, 3])) False """ global _is_scipy_sparse if _is_scipy_sparse is None: try: from scipy.sparse import issparse as _is_scipy_sparse except ImportError: _is_scipy_sparse = lambda _: False return _is_scipy_sparse(arr)