numpy.ma.MaskedArray.dtype#
property
- property ma.MaskedArray.dtype#
Data-type of the array’s elements.
Warning
Setting
arr.dtype
is discouraged and may be deprecated in the future. Setting will replace thedtype
without modifying the memory (see alsondarray.view
andndarray.astype
).- Parameters:
- None
- Returns:
- dnumpy dtype object
See also
ndarray.astype
Cast the values contained in the array to a new data-type.
ndarray.view
Create a view of the same data but a different data-type.
numpy.dtype
Examples
>>> import numpy as np >>> x = np.arange(4).reshape((2, 2)) >>> x array([[0, 1], [2, 3]]) >>> x.dtype dtype('int64') # may vary (OS, bitness) >>> isinstance(x.dtype, np.dtype) True