CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

# https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/arrays.dtypes.html#specifying-and-constructing-data-types

>>> dt = np.dtype([('name', np.unicode_, 16), ('grades', np.float64, (2,))])
>>> dt['name']
dtype('<U16')
>>> dt['grades']
dtype(('<f8', (2,)))