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*
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*
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*
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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

/**
* Interface describing an object mapping data type strings to alignments (in bytes).
*/
interface Table {
	// Table properties:
	[key: string]: number;
}

/**
* Returns the alignment for an underlying array data type.
*
* @param dtype - data type value
* @returns alignment (in bytes)
*
* @example
* var out = dtypeAlignment( 'float64' );
* // returns 8
*
* out = dtypeAlignment( 'generic' );
* // returns null
*/
declare function dtypeAlignment( dtype: any ): number | null;

/**
* Returns an object mapping data type strings to alignments.
*
* @returns object mapping data type strings to alignments
*
* @example
* var obj = dtypeAlignment();
* // returns {...}
*/
declare function dtypeAlignment(): Table;


// EXPORTS //

export = dtypeAlignment;