numpy.ndarray.dtype — NumPy v2.3 Manual (original) (raw)

attribute

ndarray.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:

dnumpy dtype object

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