w-wise Pearson correlation coefficients between the variables in ``xarr`` and ``yarr``. >>> yarr = rng.random((3, 3)) >>> yarr array([[0.45038594, 0.37079802, 0.92676499], [0.64386512, 0.82276161, 0.4434142 ], [0.22723872, 0.55458479, 0.06381726]]) >>> R2 = np.corrcoef(xarr, yarr) >>> R2 array([[ 1. , 0.99256089, -0.68080986, 0.75008178, -0.934284 , -0.99004057], [ 0.99256089, 1. , -0.76492172, 0.82502011, -0.97074098, -0.99981569], [-0.68080986, -0.76492172, 1. , -0.99507202, 0.89721355, 0.77714685], [ 0.75008178, 0.82502011, -0.99507202, 1. , -0.93657855, -0.83571711], [-0.934284 , -0.97074098, 0.89721355, -0.93657855, 1. , 0.97517215], [-0.99004057, -0.99981569, 0.77714685, -0.83571711, 0.97517215, 1. ]]) Finally if we use the option ``rowvar=False``, the columns are now being treated as the variables and we will find the column-wise Pearson correlation coefficients between variables in ``xarr`` and ``yarr``. >>> R3 = np.corrcoef(xarr, yarr, rowvar=False) >>> R3 array([[ 1. , 0.77598074, -0.47458546, -0.75078643, -0.9665554 , 0.22423734], [ 0.77598074, 1. , -0.92346708, -0.99923895, -0.58826587, -0.44069024], [-0.47458546, -0.92346708, 1. , 0.93773029, 0.23297648, 0.75137473], [-0.75078643, -0.99923895, 0.93773029, 1. , 0.55627469, 0.47536961], [-0.9665554 , -0.58826587, 0.23297648, 0.55627469, 1. , -0.46666491], [ 0.22423734, -0.44069024, 0.75137473, 0.47536961, -0.46666491, 1. ]]) z/bias and ddof have no effect and are deprecatedrª