[Numpy-discussion] Casting scalars

[Nathan Goldbaum]

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 9:51 PM Stuart Reynolds <stuart at stuartreynolds.net>
wrote:

> np.float(scalar)
>

This actually isn't right. It's a common misconception, but np.float is an
alias to the built-in float type. You probably want np.float_(scalar)

In [5]: np.float_(12).dtype
Out[5]: dtype('float64')

In [6]: np.float is float
Out[6]: True


>
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 7:49 PM Hameer Abbasi <einstein.edison at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello, everyone!
>>
>> I might be missing something and this might be a very stupid and
>> redundant question, but is there a way to cast a scalar to a given dtype?
>>
>> Hameer
>>
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