dtype_bytes_or_chars¶
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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
- dtypenumpy dtype object
Input dtype
- Returns
- bytes_or_charsint or None
Bits (for numeric types) or characters (for string types)