numpy.dtype.byteorder#

attribute

dtype.byteorder#

A character indicating the byte-order of this data-type object.

One of:

‘=’	native
‘<’	little-endian
‘>’	big-endian
‘|’	not applicable

All built-in data-type objects have byteorder either ‘=’ or ‘|’.

Examples

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>>>importnumpyasnp>>>dt=np.dtype('i2')>>>dt.byteorder'='>>># endian is not relevant for 8 bit numbers>>>np.dtype('i1').byteorder'|'>>># or ASCII strings>>>np.dtype('S2').byteorder'|'>>># Even if specific code is given, and it is native>>># '=' is the byteorder>>>importsys>>>sys_is_le=sys.byteorder=='little'>>>native_code='<'ifsys_is_leelse'>'>>>swapped_code='>'ifsys_is_leelse'<'>>>dt=np.dtype(native_code+'i2')>>>dt.byteorder'='>>># Swapped code shows up as itself>>>dt=np.dtype(swapped_code+'i2')>>>dt.byteorder==swapped_codeTrue

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