id,node_id,number,title,user,state,locked,assignee,milestone,comments,created_at,updated_at,closed_at,author_association,active_lock_reason,draft,pull_request,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,state_reason,repo,type
1997636679,PR_kwDOAMm_X85frAC_,8460,Add initialize_zarr,2448579,open,0,,,8,2023-11-16T19:45:05Z,2024-04-02T15:08:01Z,,MEMBER,,1,pydata/xarray/pulls/8460,"- [x] Closes #8343
- [x] Tests added
- [ ] User visible changes (including notable bug fixes) are documented in `whats-new.rst`
- [x] New functions/methods are listed in `api.rst`


The intended pattern is:
```python

    after_init = initialize_zarr(store, ds, region_dims=(""x"",))
    for i in range(ds.sizes[""x""]):
        after_init.isel(x=[i]).to_zarr(store, region={""x"": slice(i, i + 1)})
```

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