# numpy.dtype.itemsize

attribute

dtype.itemsize

  The element size of this data-type object.

  For 18 of the 21 types this number is fixed by the data-type. For the flexible data-types, this number can be anything.

  Examples

      >>> arr = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]])
      >>> arr.dtype
      dtype('int64')
      >>> arr.itemsize
      8

      >>> dt = np.dtype([('name', np.str_, 16), ('grades', np.float64, (2,))])
      >>> dt.itemsize
      80