Data Types

List of ndarray data types.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/ndarray-dtypes

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

See Also

• @stdlib/array-dtypes: list of array data types.
• @stdlib/ndarray-array: multidimensional arrays.
• @stdlib/ndarray-ctor: multidimensional array constructor.
• @stdlib/array-typed-dtypes: list of typed array data types.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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