numpy.sctype2char¶
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numpy.
sctype2char
(sctype)[source]¶ Return the string representation of a scalar dtype.
Parameters: sctype : scalar dtype or object
If a scalar dtype, the corresponding string character is returned. If an object,
sctype2char
tries to infer its scalar type and then return the corresponding string character.Returns: typechar : str
The string character corresponding to the scalar type.
Raises: ValueError
If sctype is an object for which the type can not be inferred.
See also
Examples
>>> for sctype in [np.int32, float, complex, np.string_, np.ndarray]: ... print(np.sctype2char(sctype)) l d D S O
>>> x = np.array([1., 2-1.j]) >>> np.sctype2char(x) 'D' >>> np.sctype2char(list) 'O'