`numpy.lib.format:descr_to_dtype`

source: /numpy/lib/_format_impl.py :310

Signature

def descr_to_dtype ( descr )

Summary

Returns a dtype based off the given description.

Extended Summary

This is essentially the reverse of dtype_to_descr. It will remove the valueless padding fields created by, i.e. simple fields like dtype('float32'), and then convert the description to its corresponding dtype.

Parameters

descr : object: The object retrieved by dtype.descr. Can be passed to numpy.dtype in order to replicate the input dtype.

Returns

dtype : dtype: The dtype constructed by the description.

Aliases

numpy.lib._format_impl.descr_to_dtype