numpy.isscalar — NumPy v1.15 Manual (original) (raw)

numpy. isscalar(num)[source]¶

Returns True if the type of num is a scalar type.

Parameters:	num : any Input argument, can be of any type and shape.
Returns:	val : bool True if num is a scalar type, False if it is not.

Examples

np.isscalar(3.1) True np.isscalar([3.1]) False np.isscalar(False) True np.isscalar('numpy') True

NumPy supports PEP 3141 numbers:

from fractions import Fraction isscalar(Fraction(5, 17)) True from numbers import Number isscalar(Number()) True