bundles / numpy 2.5.0.dev0+git20251130.2de293a / numpy / issctype

function

`numpy:issctype`

source: /dev/numpy/build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/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)

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Strings are also a scalar type:

issctype(np.dtype('str'))

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See also

issubdtype
issubsctype
obj2sctype
sctype2char

Aliases

numpy._core.numerictypes.issctype