Difference between Python float and numpy float32

Question

What is the difference between the built in float and numpy.float32?

Example

a = 58682.7578125
print type(         


        

Answer 1

Python's standard float type is a C double: http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#typesnumeric

NumPy's standard numpy.float is the same, and is also the same as numpy.float64.