Return the scalar type of highest precision of the same kind as the input in Python

To return the scalar type of highest precision of the same kind as the input, use the maximum_sctype() method in Python Numpy. The parameter is the input data type. This can be a dtype object or an object that is convertible to a dtype.

Steps

At first, import the required library −

import numpy as np

Using the maximum_sctype() method in Numpy. Get the scalar type of highest precision −

print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype(int))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype(np.uint8))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype(complex))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype(str))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype('f4'))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype('i2'))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype('i4'))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype('i8'))

Example

import numpy as np

# To return the scalar type of highest precision of the same kind as the input, use the maximum_sctype() method in Python Numpy
# The parameter is the input data type. This can be a dtype object or an object that is convertible to a dtype.
print("Using the maximum_sctype() method in Numpy\n")

# Get the scalar type of highest precision
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype(int))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype(np.uint8))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype(complex))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype(str))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype('f4'))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype('i2'))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype('i4'))
print("Result...",np.maximum_sctype('i8'))

Output

Using the maximum_sctype() method in Numpy

Result... <class 'numpy.int64'>
Result... <class 'numpy.uint64'>
Result... <class 'numpy.complex256'>
Result... <class 'numpy.str_'>
Result... <class 'numpy.float128'>
Result... <class 'numpy.int64'>
Result... <class 'numpy.int64'>
Result... <class 'numpy.int64'>