title: What does the order parameter in numpy.array() do AKA what is contiguous order?
body: <p>What does the order parameter in <a href="http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.array.html" rel="noreferrer">numpy.array()</a> do?</p>
  
  <p>It says in the documentation I link to that it will specify the contiguous order of the array, but I got no idea what that is supposed to mean. So what is contiguous order?</p>
  
  <p>Copy of the order parameter documentation:</p>
  
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    <p>order : {‘C’, ‘F’, ‘A’}, optional
    Specify the order of the array. If order is ‘C’ (default), then the array will be in C-contiguous order (last-index varies the fastest). If order is ‘F’, then the returned array will be in Fortran-contiguous order (first-index varies the fastest). If order is ‘A’, then the returned array may be in any order (either C-, Fortran-contiguous, or even discontiguous).</p>
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