49 lines
1.2 KiB
JavaScript
49 lines
1.2 KiB
JavaScript
/**
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* @license Apache-2.0
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*
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* Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors.
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*
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*/
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'use strict';
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// MODULES //
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var BYTES_PER_ELEMENT = require( './bytes_per_element.json' );
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// MAIN //
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/**
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* Returns the number of bytes per element provided an underlying array data type.
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*
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* @param {string} dtype - data type
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* @returns {(NonNegativeInteger|null)} number of bytes per element
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*
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* @example
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* var nbytes = bytesPerElement( 'float64' );
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* // returns 8
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*
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* nbytes = bytesPerElement( 'generic' );
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* // returns null
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*/
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function bytesPerElement( dtype ) {
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return BYTES_PER_ELEMENT[ dtype ] || null;
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}
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// EXPORTS //
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module.exports = bytesPerElement;
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