[Numpy-discussion] dtype

[Paul Anton Letnes]

Hi,

I don't know about documentation, but I always use syntax like
zeros(10, dtype=numpy.float64)
where you have dtypes like
numpy.int8
numpy.uint32
numpy.complex128 # == two numpy.float64, one for real, one for imag.
etc. This is usually less confusing to my mind. One caveat: floats above 64 bits are not always supported and rarely what you think - see another discussion on this list a few weeks back.

Cheers
Paul

On 28. nov. 2011, at 09:10, Mads Ipsen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Where can I find a complete and exhaustive description of the dtype syntax and arguments. For example, something like
> 
> a = arange(4, dtype='=H')
> 
> seems hard to extract from the documentation that I can find on the web and the numpy docstrings.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Mads
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