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function

numpy.lib.format:descr_to_dtype

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