numpy.maximum_sctype

numpy.maximum_sctype(t)

Return the scalar type of highest precision of the same kind as the input.

Parameters:

t : dtype or dtype specifier

The input data type. This can be a dtype object or an object that is convertible to a dtype.

Returns:

out : dtype

The highest precision data type of the same kind (dtype.kind) as t.

See also

obj2sctype, mintypecode, sctype2char, dtype

Examples

>>> np.maximum_sctype(int)
<class 'numpy.int64'>
>>> np.maximum_sctype(np.uint8)
<class 'numpy.uint64'>
>>> np.maximum_sctype(complex)
<class 'numpy.complex256'> # may vary

>>> np.maximum_sctype(str)
<class 'numpy.str_'>

>>> np.maximum_sctype('i2')
<class 'numpy.int64'>
>>> np.maximum_sctype('f4')
<class 'numpy.float128'> # may vary