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bundles / numpy 2.4.4 / numpy / maximum_sctype

function

numpy:maximum_sctype

source: /numpy/_core/numerictypes.py :128

Signature

def   maximum_sctype ( t )

Summary

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

Extended Summary

Parameters

t : dtype or dtype specifier

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

Returns

out : dtype

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

Examples

from numpy._core.numerictypes import maximum_sctype
maximum_sctype(int)
maximum_sctype(np.uint8)
maximum_sctype(complex)
maximum_sctype(str)
maximum_sctype('i2')
maximum_sctype('f4')

See also

dtype
mintypecode
obj2sctype
sctype2char

Aliases

  • numpy._core.numerictypes.maximum_sctype