isDataTypeObject

Test if an input value is an ndarray data type object.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/ndarray-base-assert-is-data-type-object

Usage

var isDataTypeObject = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-base-assert-is-data-type-object' );

isDataTypeObject( value )

Tests if an input value is an ndarray data type object.

var DataType = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-dtype-ctor' );

var bool = isDataTypeObject( new DataType( 'float64' ) );
// returns true

bool = isDataTypeObject( 'int32' );
// returns false

Examples

var DataType = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-dtype-ctor' );
var isDataTypeObject = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-base-assert-is-data-type-object' );

var bool = isDataTypeObject( new DataType( 'float64' ) );
// returns true

bool = isDataTypeObject( 'float64' );
// returns false

bool = isDataTypeObject( {} );
// returns false

Notice

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License

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