def checkgrad_block(self, analytic_hess, numeric_hess, verbose=False, step=1e-6, tolerance=1e-3, block_indices=None, plot=False):
        """
        Checkgrad a block matrix
        """
        if analytic_hess.dtype is np.dtype('object'):
            #Make numeric hessian also into a block matrix
            real_size = get_block_shapes(analytic_hess)
            num_elements = np.sum(real_size)
            if (num_elements, num_elements) == numeric_hess.shape:
                #If the sizes are the same we assume they are the same
                #(we have not fixed any values so the numeric is the whole hessian)
                numeric_hess = get_blocks(numeric_hess, real_size)
            else:
                #Make a fake empty matrix and fill out the correct block
                tmp_numeric_hess = get_blocks(np.zeros((num_elements, num_elements)), real_size)
                tmp_numeric_hess[block_indices] = numeric_hess.copy()
                numeric_hess = tmp_numeric_hess

        if block_indices is not None:
            #Extract the right block
            analytic_hess = analytic_hess[block_indices]
            numeric_hess = numeric_hess[block_indices]
        else:
            #Unblock them if they are in blocks and you aren't checking a single block (checking whole hessian)
            if analytic_hess.dtype is np.dtype('object'):
                analytic_hess = unblock(analytic_hess)
                numeric_hess = unblock(numeric_hess)

        ratio = numeric_hess / (numpy.where(analytic_hess==0, 1e-10, analytic_hess))
        difference = numpy.abs(analytic_hess - numeric_hess)

        check_passed = numpy.all((numpy.abs(1 - ratio)) < tolerance) or numpy.allclose(numeric_hess, analytic_hess, atol = tolerance)

        if verbose:
            if block_indices:
                print("\nBlock {}".format(block_indices))
            else:
                print("\nAll blocks")

            header = ['Checked', 'Max-Ratio', 'Min-Ratio', 'Min-Difference', 'Max-Difference']
            header_string = map(lambda x: ' | '.join(header), [header])
            separator = '-' * len(header_string[0])
            print('\n'.join([header_string[0], separator]))
            min_r = '%.6f' % float(numpy.min(ratio))
            max_r = '%.6f' % float(numpy.max(ratio))
            max_d = '%.6f' % float(numpy.max(difference))
            min_d = '%.6f' % float(numpy.min(difference))
            cols = [max_r, min_r, min_d, max_d]

            if check_passed:
                checked = "\033[92m  True \033[0m"
            else:
                checked = "\033[91m  False \033[0m"

            grad_string = "{} | {}  | {} |    {}    |   {} ".format(checked, cols[0], cols[1], cols[2], cols[3])
            print(grad_string)

            if plot:
                from matplotlib import pyplot as pb
                fig, axes = pb.subplots(2, 2)
                max_lim = numpy.max(numpy.vstack((analytic_hess, numeric_hess)))
                min_lim = numpy.min(numpy.vstack((analytic_hess, numeric_hess)))
                msa = axes[0,0].matshow(analytic_hess, vmin=min_lim, vmax=max_lim)
                axes[0,0].set_title('Analytic hessian')
                axes[0,0].xaxis.set_ticklabels([None])
                axes[0,0].yaxis.set_ticklabels([None])
                axes[0,0].xaxis.set_ticks([None])
                axes[0,0].yaxis.set_ticks([None])
                msn = axes[0,1].matshow(numeric_hess, vmin=min_lim, vmax=max_lim)
                pb.colorbar(msn, ax=axes[0,1])
                axes[0,1].set_title('Numeric hessian')
                axes[0,1].xaxis.set_ticklabels([None])
                axes[0,1].yaxis.set_ticklabels([None])
                axes[0,1].xaxis.set_ticks([None])
                axes[0,1].yaxis.set_ticks([None])
                msr = axes[1,0].matshow(ratio)
                pb.colorbar(msr, ax=axes[1,0])
                axes[1,0].set_title('Ratio')
                axes[1,0].xaxis.set_ticklabels([None])
                axes[1,0].yaxis.set_ticklabels([None])
                axes[1,0].xaxis.set_ticks([None])
                axes[1,0].yaxis.set_ticks([None])
                msd = axes[1,1].matshow(difference)
                pb.colorbar(msd, ax=axes[1,1])
                axes[1,1].set_title('difference')
                axes[1,1].xaxis.set_ticklabels([None])
                axes[1,1].yaxis.set_ticklabels([None])
                axes[1,1].xaxis.set_ticks([None])
                axes[1,1].yaxis.set_ticks([None])
                if block_indices:
                    fig.suptitle("Block: {}".format(block_indices))
                pb.show()

        return check_passed
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