datatable.ltype

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datatable.
ltype
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Enumeration of possible “logical” types of a column.

Logical type is the type stripped away from the details of its physical storage. For example, ltype.int represents an integer. Under the hood, this integer can be stored in several “physical” formats: from stype.int8 to stype.int64. Thus, there is a one-to-many relationship between ltypes and stypes.

Values

The following ltype values are currently available:

  • ltype.bool

  • ltype.int

  • ltype.real

  • ltype.str

  • ltype.time

  • ltype.obj

Methods

ltype(x)

Find ltype corresponding to value x.

.stypes

The list of stypes that correspond to this ltype.

Examples

dt.ltype.bool

ltype.bool

dt.ltype("int32")

ltype.int

For each ltype, you can find the set of stypes that correspond to it:

dt.ltype.real.stypes

[stype.float32, stype.float64]

dt.ltype.time.stypes

[]