.. _dtype:

Data type routines
==================

.. https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/routines.dtype.html

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/
   :nosignatures:

   dpnp.can_cast
   dpnp.promote_types
   dpnp.min_scalar_type
   dpnp.result_type
   dpnp.common_type
   dpnp.obj2sctype

Creating data types
-------------------
.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/
   :nosignatures:

   dpnp.dtype
   dpnp.format_parser

Data type information
---------------------
.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/
   :nosignatures:

   dpnp.finfo
   dpnp.iinfo

Data type testing
-----------------
.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/
   :nosignatures:

   dpnp.issctype
   dpnp.issubdtype
   dpnp.issubsctype
   dpnp.issubclass_

Miscellaneous
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.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/
   :nosignatures:

   dpnp.typename
   dpnp.sctype2char
   dpnp.mintypecode
   dpnp.maximum_sctype