2008/7/18 Arnar Flatberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I need to check if my array (a) is of type `string`. That is, I dont know > the number of characters beforehand, so I cant do a.dtype == '|S*' (* = > (max) number of characters) > Looking at my options, I see either a.dtype.kind == 'S' or a.dtype.type == > np.string_, might be ok. Are these any of the preffered ways, or is there > some other way?
Maybe np.issubdtype(x.dtype, str) Stéfan _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion