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numpy.ndarray.astype

ndarray.astype(t)

Copy of the array, cast to a specified type.

Parameters :

t : str or dtype

Typecode or data-type to which the array is cast.

Raises :

ComplexWarning : :

When casting from complex to float or int. To avoid this, one should use a.real.astype(t).

Examples

>>> x = np.array([1, 2, 2.5])
>>> x
array([ 1. ,  2. ,  2.5])

>>> x.astype(int)
array([1, 2, 2])