CoreModel.get_block_as_matrix(

name: str,

scenario: str = 'baseline',

*,

backend: str = 'numpy',

prefer_sparse: bool = False,

)

Return one block in a numeric matrix backend.

Parameters:

• name – Block name to retrieve.

• scenario – Scenario to read from.

• backend – Matrix backend passed to block_to_matrix(...).

• prefer_sparse – When True, prefer sparse output when supported by the backend.

Returns:

Numeric matrix representation of the requested block.

Return type:

object