bundles / astropy latest / astropy / utils / misc / dtype_bytes_or_chars

function

`astropy.utils.misc:dtype_bytes_or_chars`

source: /astropy/utils/misc.py :539

Signature

def dtype_bytes_or_chars ( dtype )

Summary

Parse the number out of a dtype.str value like '<U5' or '<f8'.

Extended Summary

See #5819 for discussion on the need for this function for getting the number of characters corresponding to a string dtype.

Parameters

dtype : numpy dtype object: Input dtype

Returns

bytes_or_chars : int or None: Bits (for numeric types) or characters (for string types)

Aliases

astropy.utils.dtype_bytes_or_chars