1.0.2 • Published 9 years ago

dstructs-array-dtype v1.0.2

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array-dtype

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Returns an array data type corresponding to an array constructor name.

Installation

$ npm install dstructs-array-dtype

For use in the browser, use browserify.

Usage

var getType = require( 'dstructs-array-dtype' );

getType( name )

Returns an array data type corresponding to an array constructor name.

var dtype = getType( 'Float32Array' );
// returns 'float32'

var arr = new Float32Array( 10 );

dtype = getType( Object.prototype.toString.call( arr ).slice(8,-1) );
// returns 'float32'

// Note: not supported in IE
dtype = getType( arr.constructor.name );
// returns 'float32'

The following array constructors are supported:

ConstructorData Type
Int8Arrayint8
Uint8Arrayuint8
Uint8ClampedArrayuint8_clamped
Int16Arrayint16
Uint16Arrayuint16
Int32Arrayint32
Uint32Arrayuint32
Float32Arrayfloat32
Float64Arrayfloat64
Arraygeneric

Examples

var getType = require( 'dstructs-array-dtype' );

console.log( getType( 'Int8Array' ) );
// returns 'int8'

console.log( getType( 'Uint8Array' ) );
// returns 'uint8'

console.log( getType( 'Uint8ClampedArray' ) );
// returns 'uint8_clamped'

console.log( getType( 'Int16Array' ) );
// returns 'int16'

console.log( getType( 'Uint16Array' ) );
// returns 'uint16'

console.log( getType( 'Int32Array' ) );
// returns 'int32'

console.log( getType( 'Uint32Array' ) );
// returns 'uint32'

console.log( getType( 'Float32Array' ) );
// returns 'float32'

console.log( getType( 'Float64Array' ) );
// returns 'float64'

console.log( getType( 'Array' ) );
// returns 'generic'

console.log( getType( 'Object' ) );
// returns null

console.log( getType( 'String' ) );
// returns null

console.log( getType( 'Boolean' ) );
// returns null

console.log( getType( 'Number' ) );
// returns null

console.log( getType( 'null' ) );
// returns null

console.log( getType( [] ) );
// returns null

console.log( getType( null ) );
// returns null

console.log( getType( {} ) );
// returns null

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ node ./examples/index.js

Tests

Unit

Unit tests use the Mocha test framework with Chai assertions. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2015. The Compute.io Authors.