dtype_bytes_or_chars¶
- astropy.utils.misc.dtype_bytes_or_chars(dtype)[source]¶
Parse the number out of a dtype.str value like ‘<U5’ or ‘<f8’.
See #5819 for discussion on the need for this function for getting the number of characters corresponding to a string dtype.
- Parameters:
- dtype
numpy
dtype
object
Input dtype
- dtype
- Returns:
- bytes_or_chars
python:int
orpython:None
Bits (for numeric types) or characters (for string types)
- bytes_or_chars