parameters: (data, dtype=None, copy=False, order=None,
            mask=nomask, fill_value=None, keep_mask=True,
            hard_mask=False, shrink=True, subok=True, ndmin=0)
return_statement: return MaskedArray(data, mask=mask, dtype=dtype, copy=copy,
                         subok=subok, keep_mask=keep_mask,
                         hard_mask=hard_mask, fill_value=fill_value,
                         ndmin=ndmin, shrink=shrink, order=order)
docstring: Shortcut to MaskedArray.
  
      The options are in a different order for convenience and backwards
      compatibility.
docstring_summary: Shortcut to MaskedArray.
docstring_tokens: Shortcut to MaskedArray .
function: def array(data, dtype=None, copy=False, order=None,
            mask=nomask, fill_value=None, keep_mask=True,
            hard_mask=False, shrink=True, subok=True, ndmin=0):
      """
      Shortcut to MaskedArray.
  
      The options are in a different order for convenience and backwards
      compatibility.
  
      """
      return MaskedArray(data, mask=mask, dtype=dtype, copy=copy,
                         subok=subok, keep_mask=keep_mask,
                         hard_mask=hard_mask, fill_value=fill_value,
                         ndmin=ndmin, shrink=shrink, order=order)
function_tokens: def array ( data , dtype = None , copy = False , order = None , mask = nomask , fill_value = None , keep_mask = True , hard_mask = False , shrink = True , subok = True , ndmin = 0 ) : return MaskedArray ( data , mask = mask , dtype = dtype , copy = copy , subok = subok , keep_mask = keep_mask , hard_mask = hard_mask , fill_value = fill_value , ndmin = ndmin , shrink = shrink , order = order )