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# numpy.ma.MaskedArray.__new__

static `MaskedArray.``__new__`(data=None, mask=False, dtype=None, copy=False, subok=True, ndmin=0, fill_value=None, keep_mask=True, hard_mask=None, shrink=True, order=None, **options)

  Create a new masked array from scratch.

  Notes

  A masked array can also be created by taking a .view(MaskedArray).