memoryview¶

Description¶

Returns a memoryview object.

Syntax¶

memoryview (object)

object: Required. An object supporting buffer protocol - str and bytearray (but not unicode).

Return Value¶

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Time Complexity¶

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Remarks¶

The memoryview() function allows direct read and write access to an object’s byte-oriented data without needing to copy it first. That can yield large performance gains when operating on large objects since it doesn’t create a copy when slicing. See also buffer().

Example¶

>>> memoryview('foo')
<memory at 0x02CCCDA0>
>>> m = memoryview('foo')
>>> m[:]
<memory at 0x02CCCF80>
>>> m[1]
'o'