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numpy.maximum_sctype() function return the scalar type of highest precision of the same kind as the input.

Syntax : numpy.maximum_sctype(t)

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.
Return : [dtype] The highest precision data type of the same kind as the input.

Code #1 :




# Python program explaining
# numpy.maximum_sctype() function
            
# importing numpy as geek 
import numpy as geek 
  
gfg = geek.maximum_sctype(int)
  
print (gfg)


Output :

class 'numpy.int64'

 
Code #2 :




# Python program explaining
# numpy.maximum_sctype() function
            
# importing numpy as geek 
import numpy as geek 
  
gfg = geek.maximum_sctype('f4')
  
print (gfg)


Output :

class 'numpy.float128'

Last Updated : 18 Jun, 2020
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