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# numpy.testing.decorators.skipif

`numpy.testing.decorators.``skipif`(skip_condition, msg=None)

  Make function raise SkipTest exception if a given condition is true.

  If the condition is a callable, it is used at runtime to dynamically make the decision. This is useful for tests that may require costly imports, to delay the cost until the test suite is actually executed.

  Parameters : | skip_condition : bool or callable Flag to determine whether to skip the decorated test. msg : str, optional Message to give on raising a SkipTest exception. Default is None.
  Returns : | decorator : function Decorator which, when applied to a function, causes SkipTest to be raised when skip_condition is True, and the function to be called normally otherwise.

  Notes

  The decorator itself is decorated with the `nose.tools.make_decorator` function in order to transmit function name, and various other metadata.