Can I specify a numpy dtype when generating random values?

Question

I\'m creating a numpy array of random values and adding them to an existing array containing 32-bit floats. I\'d like to generate the random values using the sa

Answer 1

np.random.randn function randomly initializes the array object of a given shape to a "np.float64" You can find this out yourself by doing as follows:

a = np.random.rand(2,3)
b = a[1,2]
print (type(b))
print (type(a))

output as follows: