dtype2wasm

Return the WebAssembly data type associated with a provided array data type value.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/wasm-base-dtype2wasm

Usage

var dtype2wasm = require( '@stdlib/wasm-base-dtype2wasm' );

dtype2wasm( dtype )

Returns the WebAssembly data type associated with a provided array data type value.

var out = dtype2wasm( 'float64' );
// returns 'float64'

out = dtype2wasm( 'int8' );
// returns 'int8'

If provided an unknown or unsupported array data type, the function assumes that associated values can be stored as double-precision floating-point numbers and returns 'float64'.

var out = dtype2wasm( 'foobar' );
// returns 'float64'

Examples

var dtype2wasm = require( '@stdlib/wasm-base-dtype2wasm' );

var dtypes = [
    'float64',
    'float32',
    'int8',
    'uint8',
    'uint8c',
    'int16',
    'uint16',
    'int32',
    'uint32',
    'generic'
];

var i;
for ( i = 0; i < dtypes.length; i++ ) {
    console.log( '%s => %s', dtypes[ i ], dtype2wasm( dtypes[ i ] ) );
}

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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License

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