Numpy data types

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NumPy - Data Types



NumPy supports a much greater variety of numerical types than Python does. The following table
shows different scalar data types defined in NumPy.




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Sr.No. Data Types & Description

1
bool_
Boolean (True or False) stored as a byte

2
int_
Default integer type (same as C long; normally either int64 or int32)


3 intc
Identical to C int (normally int32 or int64)


4
intp
Integer used for indexing (same as C ssize_t; normally either int32 or int64)

5 int8

Byte (-128 to 127)

6
int16
Integer (-32768 to 32767)

7
int32
Integer (-2147483648 to 2147483647)


8 int64

Integer (-9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807)

9 uint8

Unsigned integer (0 to 255)

10 uint16

Unsigned integer (0 to 65535)

11
uint32

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