numpy.dtype.itemsize

attribute

dtype.itemsize

The element size of this data-type object.

For 18 of the 21 types this number is fixed by the data-type. For the flexible data-types, this number can be anything.

Examples

>>> arr = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]])
>>> arr.dtype
dtype('int64')
>>> arr.itemsize
8
>>> dt = np.dtype([('name', np.str_, 16), ('grades', np.float64, (2,))])
>>> dt.itemsize
80

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