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@classmethod @daskified(_DASKIFIED_VERBOSE) def asdata(cls, d, dtype=None, copy=False): """Convert the input to a `Data` object.
If the input *d* has the Data interface (i.e. it has a `__data__` method), then the output of this method is used as the returned `Data` object. Otherwise, `Data(d)` is returned.
:Parameters:
d: data-like Input data in any form that can be converted to an cf.Data object. This includes `cf.Data` and `cf.Field` objects, numpy arrays and any object which may be converted to a Input data in any form that can be converted to a `Data` object. This includes `Data` and `Field` objects, and objects with the Data interface, numpy arrays and any object which may be converted to a numpy array.
dtype: data-type, optional By default, the data-type is inferred from the input data.
copy: copy: `bool`, optional If True and *d* has the Data interface, then a copy of `d.__data__()` is returned.
:Returns:
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**Examples:** **Examples**
>>> d = cf.Data([1, 2]) >>> cf.Data.asdata(d) is d Expand Down