astype

rbc.stdlib.data_type_functions.astype(x, dtype, copy=True)

Copies an array to a specified data type irrespective of Type Promotion Rules rules.

Examples

>>> from rbc.stdlib import array_api
>>> @heavydb('bool[](int64[])')
... def astype(x):
...     return array_api.astype(x, array_api.bool)
>>> astype([1, 0, 3]).execute()
array([ True, False,  True])

Array-API ‘astype’ doc