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Isabella
Isabella

Reputation: 25

How small can you make the DataType in Numpy?

I know that we can change the number of bits in the datatype of the int or the float, to shrink the size of the array. Ex. You can change it from

dtype='int34' --> dtype='int16'

How small can you make this data? int8/float8? Does this minimum sizeof 8 bits apply to every array, no matter its dimensions?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2049

Answers (1)

flawr
flawr

Reputation: 11628

Check out the documentation: It appears that the smallest platform-independent types are indeed 8 bits. The datatype is independent of the size of the array.

Upvotes: 2

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