numpy.dtype.name

attribute

dtype.name

A bit-width name for this data-type.

Un-sized flexible data-type objects do not have this attribute.

Examples

>>> import numpy as np
>>> x = np.dtype(float)
>>> x.name
'float64'
>>> x = np.dtype([('a', np.int32, 8), ('b', np.float64, 6)])
>>> x.name
'void640'