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numpy.ma.MaskedArray.itemsize

attribute

MaskedArray.itemsize

Length of one array element in bytes.

Examples

>>>

>>> x = np.array([1,2,3], dtype=np.float64)
>>> x.itemsize
8
>>> x = np.array([1,2,3], dtype=np.complex128)
>>> x.itemsize
16