`numpy:maximum_sctype`

Signature

def maximum_sctype(t)

Return the scalar type of highest precision of the same kind as the input.

t : dtype or dtype specifier: The input data type. This can be a dtype object or an object that is convertible to a dtype.

out : dtype: The highest precision data type of the same kind (dtype.kind) as t.

from numpy._core.numerictypes import maximum_sctype
maximum_sctype(int)

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<class 'numpy.int64'>

maximum_sctype(np.uint8)
maximum_sctype(complex)

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<class 'numpy.clongdouble'>

maximum_sctype(str)

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<class 'numpy.str_'>

maximum_sctype('i2')

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<class 'numpy.int64'>

maximum_sctype('f4')

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<class 'numpy.longdouble'>