Sebastian Haase wrote: > Hi, > What are the possible values of > arr.dtype.kind ? > > It seems that signed and unsigned are considered to be the same "kind" > >>>> arr=N.arange(10,dtype=N.uint) >>>> arr.dtype.kind >>>> > 'i' > >>>> arr.dtype.itemsize >>>> > 8 > (OK - this is just showing off our amd64 linux ;-) ) > > How can I distinguish signed from unsigned without having to list all > possible > cases explicitly ? > > > Hmm.... This is a problem. There is a 'u' kind for unsigned integers.
On my system I get 'u' when running the code you just gave. Can anybody on a 64-bit system confirm? -Travis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion