numpy.obj2sctype — NumPy v1.11 Manual (original) (raw)

numpy.obj2sctype(rep, default=None)[source]

Return the scalar dtype or NumPy equivalent of Python type of an object.

Parameters: rep : any The object of which the type is returned. default : any, optional If given, this is returned for objects whose types can not be determined. If not given, None is returned for those objects.
Returns: dtype : dtype or Python type The data type of rep.

Examples

np.obj2sctype(np.int32) <type 'numpy.int32'> np.obj2sctype(np.array([1., 2.])) <type 'numpy.float64'> np.obj2sctype(np.array([1.j])) <type 'numpy.complex128'>

np.obj2sctype(dict) <type 'numpy.object_'> np.obj2sctype('string') <type 'numpy.string_'>

np.obj2sctype(1, default=list) <type 'list'>