Buffer Constructors

ndarray data buffer constructors.

Usage

var ctors = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/buffer-ctors' );

ctors( dtype )

Returns an ndarray data buffer constructor for a specified data type.

var ctor = ctors( 'float64' );
// returns <Function>

The function returns constructors for the following data types:

binary: binary.
complex64: single-precision complex floating-point numbers.
complex128: double-precision complex floating-point numbers.
float32: single-precision floating-point numbers.
float64: double-precision floating-point numbers.
generic: values of any type.
int16: signed 16-bit integers.
int32: signed 32-bit integers.
int8: signed 8-bit integers.
uint16: unsigned 16-bit integers.
uint32: unsigned 32-bit integers.
uint8: unsigned 8-bit integers.
uint8c: unsigned clamped 8-bit integers.

If provided an unknown or unsupported data type, the function returns null.

var ctor = ctors( 'float' );
// returns null

Examples

var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/dtypes' );
var ctors = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/buffer-ctors' );

var DTYPES = dtypes();
var ctor;
var i;

for ( i = 0; i < DTYPES.length; i++ ) {
    ctor = ctors( DTYPES[ i ] );
    console.log( ctor );
}