largest_connected_component#

rlemasklib.RLEMask.largest_connected_component(connectivity=4, inplace=False)[source]#

Extract the largest connected component of the mask.

Parameters:

  • connectivity (int) – 4 or 8, the connectivity of the components. If 4, then only horizontal and vertical connections are considered, if 8, then also diagonal connections are considered.

  • inplace (bool) – whether to perform the operation in place or to return a new object

Returns:

An RLEMask object representing the largest connected component of this mask.

Return type:

RLEMask

Examples

.largest_connected_component() ==

See also

connected_components(), remove_small_components()