ak.contents.Content
-------------------

.. py:module: ak.contents.Content

Defined in `awkward.contents.content <https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/blob/0e052cbbf0a947fa88834710ee63a15582a0da63/src/awkward/contents/content.py>`__ on `line 134 <https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/blob/0e052cbbf0a947fa88834710ee63a15582a0da63/src/awkward/contents/content.py#L134>`__.

.. py:class:: ak.contents.Content(self)



.. _ak-contents-content-_init:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._init(self, parameters, backend)



.. _ak-contents-content-backend:

.. py:attribute:: ak.contents.Content.backend



.. _ak-contents-content-form:

.. py:attribute:: ak.contents.Content.form



.. _ak-contents-content-form_with_key:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.form_with_key(self, form_key='node{id}', id_start=0)



.. _ak-contents-content-_form_with_key:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._form_with_key(self, getkey)



.. _ak-contents-content-form_with_key_path:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.form_with_key_path(self, root=())



.. _ak-contents-content-_form_with_key_path:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._form_with_key_path(self, path)



.. _ak-contents-content-form_cls:

.. py:attribute:: ak.contents.Content.form_cls



.. _ak-contents-content-to_typetracer:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.to_typetracer(self, forget_length=False)



.. _ak-contents-content-_to_typetracer:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._to_typetracer(self, forget_length)



.. _ak-contents-content-_touch_data:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._touch_data(self, recursive)



.. _ak-contents-content-_touch_shape:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._touch_shape(self, recursive)



.. _ak-contents-content-length:

.. py:attribute:: ak.contents.Content.length



.. _ak-contents-content-_to_buffers:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._to_buffers(self, form, getkey, container, backend, byteorder)



.. _ak-contents-content-__len__:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.__len__(self)



.. _ak-contents-content-_repr_extra:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._repr_extra(self, indent)



.. _ak-contents-content-maybe_to_numpyarray:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.maybe_to_NumpyArray(self)



.. _ak-contents-content-_maybe_index_error:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._maybe_index_error(self, error, slicer)



.. _ak-contents-content-__array_ufunc__:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.__array_ufunc__(self, ufunc, method, *inputs)



.. _ak-contents-content-__array_function__:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.__array_function__(self, func, types, args, kwargs)



.. _ak-contents-content-__array__:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.__array__(self, dtype=None)



.. _ak-contents-content-__iter__:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.__iter__(self)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_next_field:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_next_field(self, head, tail, advanced)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_next_fields:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_next_fields(self, head, tail, advanced)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_next_newaxis:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_next_newaxis(self, tail, advanced)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_next_ellipsis:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_next_ellipsis(self, tail, advanced)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_next_regular_missing:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_next_regular_missing(self, head, tail, advanced, raw, length)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_next_missing_jagged:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_next_missing_jagged(self, head, tail, advanced, that)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_next_missing:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_next_missing(self, head, tail, advanced)



.. _ak-contents-content-__getitem__:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.__getitem__(self, where)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem(self, where, named_axis=NamedAxis)



.. _ak-contents-content-_is_getitem_at_placeholder:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._is_getitem_at_placeholder(self)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_at:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_at(self, where)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_range:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_range(self, start, stop)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_field:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_field(self, where, only_fields=())



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_fields:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_fields(self, where, only_fields=())



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_next:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_next(self, head, tail, advanced)



.. _ak-contents-content-_getitem_next_jagged:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._getitem_next_jagged(self, slicestarts, slicestops, slicecontent, tail)



.. _ak-contents-content-_carry:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._carry(self, carry, allow_lazy)



.. _ak-contents-content-_local_index_axis0:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._local_index_axis0(self)



.. _ak-contents-content-_mergeable_next:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._mergeable_next(self, other, mergebool)



.. _ak-contents-content-_mergemany:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._mergemany(self, others)



.. _ak-contents-content-_merging_strategy:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._merging_strategy(self, others)



.. _ak-contents-content-_local_index:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._local_index(self, axis, depth)



.. _ak-contents-content-_reduce_next:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._reduce_next(self, reducer, negaxis, starts, shifts, parents, outlength, mask, keepdims, behavior)



.. _ak-contents-content-_argsort_next:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._argsort_next(self, negaxis, starts, shifts, parents, outlength, ascending, stable)



.. _ak-contents-content-_sort_next:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._sort_next(self, negaxis, starts, parents, outlength, ascending, stable)



.. _ak-contents-content-_combinations_axis0:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._combinations_axis0(self, n, replacement, recordlookup, parameters)



.. _ak-contents-content-_combinations:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._combinations(self, n, replacement, recordlookup, parameters, axis, depth)



.. _ak-contents-content-_validity_error:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._validity_error(self, path)



.. _ak-contents-content-nbytes:

.. py:attribute:: ak.contents.Content.nbytes



.. _ak-contents-content-purelist_parameter:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.purelist_parameter(self, key)

Return the value of the outermost parameter matching ``key`` in a sequence
of nested lists, stopping at the first record or tuple layer.

If a layer has :py:obj:`ak.types.UnionType`, the value is only returned if all
possibilities have the same value.



.. _ak-contents-content-purelist_parameters:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.purelist_parameters(self, *keys)

Return the value of the outermost parameter matching one of ``keys`` in a sequence
of nested lists, stopping at the first record or tuple layer.

If a layer has :py:obj:`ak.types.UnionType`, the value is only returned if all
possibilities have the same value.



.. _ak-contents-content-_is_unique:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._is_unique(self, negaxis, starts, parents, outlength)



.. _ak-contents-content-_unique:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._unique(self, negaxis, starts, parents, outlength)



.. _ak-contents-content-_pad_none_axis0:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._pad_none_axis0(self, target, clip)



.. _ak-contents-content-_pad_none:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._pad_none(self, target, axis, depth, clip)



.. _ak-contents-content-to_arrow:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.to_arrow(self, list_to32=False, string_to32=False, bytestring_to32=False, emptyarray_to=None, categorical_as_dictionary=False, extensionarray=True, count_nulls=True, record_is_scalar=False)



.. _ak-contents-content-_to_arrow:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._to_arrow(self, pyarrow, mask_node, validbytes, length, options)



.. _ak-contents-content-_to_cudf:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._to_cudf(self, cudf, mask, length)



.. _ak-contents-content-to_backend_array:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.to_backend_array(self, allow_missing=True, *, backend=None)



.. _ak-contents-content-_to_backend_array:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._to_backend_array(self, allow_missing, backend)



.. _ak-contents-content-drop_none:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.drop_none(self)



.. _ak-contents-content-_drop_none:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._drop_none(self)



.. _ak-contents-content-_remove_structure:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._remove_structure(self, backend, options)



.. _ak-contents-content-_recursively_apply:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._recursively_apply(self, action, depth, depth_context, lateral_context, options)



.. _ak-contents-content-to_json:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.to_json(self, nan_string=None, posinf_string=None, neginf_string=None, complex_record_fields=None, convert_bytes=None, behavior=None)



.. _ak-contents-content-to_packed:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.to_packed(self, recursive=True)



.. _ak-contents-content-to_list:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.to_list(self, behavior=None)



.. _ak-contents-content-_to_list:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._to_list(self, behavior, json_conversions)



.. _ak-contents-content-_to_list_custom:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._to_list_custom(self, behavior, json_conversions)



.. _ak-contents-content-_offsets_and_flattened:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._offsets_and_flattened(self, axis, depth)



.. _ak-contents-content-to_backend:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.to_backend(self, backend=None)



.. _ak-contents-content-_to_backend:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._to_backend(self, backend)



.. _ak-contents-content-with_parameter:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.with_parameter(self, key, value)



.. _ak-contents-content-__copy__:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.__copy__(self)



.. _ak-contents-content-__deepcopy__:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.__deepcopy__(self, memo)



.. _ak-contents-content-is_equal_to:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.is_equal_to(self, other, index_dtype=True, numpyarray=True, *, all_parameters=False)



.. _ak-contents-content-_is_equal_to_generic:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._is_equal_to_generic(self, other, all_parameters)



.. _ak-contents-content-_is_equal_to:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._is_equal_to(self, other, index_dtype, numpyarray, all_parameters)



.. _ak-contents-content-_repr:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._repr(self, indent, pre, post)



.. _ak-contents-content-_numbers_to_type:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._numbers_to_type(self, name, including_unknown)



.. _ak-contents-content-_fill_none:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._fill_none(self, value)



.. _ak-contents-content-copy:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content.copy(self, *, parameters=UNSET)



.. _ak-contents-content-_arrow_needs_option_type:

.. py:method:: ak.contents.Content._arrow_needs_option_type(cls)