bundles / numpy 2.4.4 / numpy / issctype

function

`numpy:issctype`

source: /numpy/_core/numerictypes.py:191

Signature

def issctype(rep)

Summary

Determines whether the given object represents a scalar data-type.

Parameters

rep : any: If rep is an instance of a scalar dtype, True is returned. If not, False is returned.

Returns

out : bool: Boolean result of check whether rep is a scalar dtype.

Examples

from numpy._core.numerictypes import issctype
issctype(np.int32)
issctype(list)
issctype(1.1)

✓

False

Strings are also a scalar type:

issctype(np.dtype('str'))

✓

True

See also

issubdtype
issubsctype
obj2sctype
sctype2char

Aliases

numpy._core.numerictypes.issctype