Default array settings.
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> Default array settings.
``bash`
npm install @stdlib/array-defaults
`javascript`
var defaults = require( '@stdlib/array-defaults' );
#### defaults()
Returns default array settings.
`javascript`
var out = defaults();
// returns {...}
The returned object has the following properties:
- dtypes: default data types.
- default: default data type.
- numeric: default numeric data type.
- real: default real-valued data type.
- floating_point: default floating-point data type.
- real_floating_point: default real-valued floating-point data type.
- complex_floating_point: default complex-valued floating-point data type.
- integer: default integer data type.
- signed_integer: default signed integer data type.
- unsigned_integer: default unsigned integer data type.
- boolean: default boolean data type.
- index: default index data type.
- integer_index: default integer index data type.
- boolean_index: default boolean index data type.
- mask_index: default mask index data type.
#### defaults.get( name )
Returns the setting value for a provided setting name.
`javascript`
var v = defaults.get( 'dtypes.floating_point' );
// returns
The setting name corresponds to a flattened object path. For example, the setting name 'dtypes.default' maps to the nested path o.dtypes.default as found in the object returned by defaults().
`javascript
var empty = require( '@stdlib/array-empty' );
var dtype = require( '@stdlib/array-dtype' );
var defaults = require( '@stdlib/array-defaults' );
var o = defaults();
var x = empty( 10, o.dtypes.default );
console.log( dtype( x ) );
x = empty( 10, o.dtypes.floating_point );
console.log( dtype( x ) );
x = empty( 10, o.dtypes.real_floating_point );
console.log( dtype( x ) );
x = empty( 10, o.dtypes.integer );
console.log( dtype( x ) );
x = empty( 10, o.dtypes.signed_integer );
console.log( dtype( x ) );
x = empty( 10, o.dtypes.unsigned_integer );
console.log( dtype( x ) );
`
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