numpy.ndarray.dtype

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

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

>>> x
array([[0, 1],
       [2, 3]])
>>> x.dtype
dtype('int32')
>>> type(x.dtype)
<type 'numpy.dtype'>

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