fatf.utils.array.validation.is_textual_dtype¶
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fatf.utils.array.validation.is_textual_dtype(dtype: numpy.dtype) → bool[source]¶ Determines whether a numpy dtype object is of textual type.
Checks whether the
dtypeis a unicode string type (textual). The zero-terminated bytes type is unsupported and not considered a textual type.- Parameters
- dtypenumpy.dtype
The dtype to be checked.
- Returns
- is_textualboolean
True if the dtype is of a textual type, False otherwise.
- Raises
- TypeError
The input is not a numpy’s dtype object.
- ValueError
The dtype is structured – this function only accepts plane dtypes.
