numpy.issctype — NumPy v1.11 Manual (original) (raw)

Determines whether the given object represents a scalar data-type.

Parameters: rep : any If rep is an instance of a scalar dtype, True is returned. If not, False is returned.
Returns: out : bool Boolean result of check whether rep is a scalar dtype.

See also

issubsctype, issubdtype, obj2sctype, sctype2char

Examples

np.issctype(np.int32) True np.issctype(list) False np.issctype(1.1) False

Strings are also a scalar type:

np.issctype(np.dtype('str')) True