Data Types
List of ndarray data types.
Usage
var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/dtypes' );
dtypes( [kind] )
Returns a list of ndarray data types.
var out = dtypes();
// e.g., returns [ 'binary', 'complex64', 'complex128', ... ]
When not provided a data type "kind", the function returns an array containing the following data types:
binary
: binary.bool
: boolean values.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.
To return the subset of data types belonging to a specified data type kind, provide a kind
argument.
var out = dtypes( 'floating_point' );
// returns [...]
The function supports the following data type kinds:
floating_point
: floating-point data types.real_floating_point
: real-valued floating-point data types.complex_floating_point
: complex-valued floating-point data types.boolean
: boolean data types.integer
: integer data types.signed_integer
: signed integer data types.unsigned_integer
: unsigned integer data types.real
: real-valued data types.numeric
: numeric data types.typed
: typed data types.all
: all data types.
Additionally, the function supports extending the "kinds" listed above by appending an _and_generic
suffix to the kind name (e.g., real_and_generic
).
var out = dtypes( 'floating_point_and_generic' );
// returns [...]
Examples
var contains = require( '@stdlib/array/base/assert/contains' ).factory;
var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/dtypes' );
var isdtype = contains( dtypes() );
var bool = isdtype( 'float64' );
// returns true
bool = isdtype( 'int16' );
// returns true
bool = isdtype( 'uint8' );
// returns true
bool = isdtype( 'beep' );
// returns false