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# 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 the `dtype` without modifying the memory (see also `ndarray.view` and `ndarray.astype`).

  Parameters:
    None
  Returns:
    d numpy 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