ak.types.from_datashape
-----------------------

.. py:module: ak.types.from_datashape

Defined in `awkward.types.type <https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/blob/76cb66b946cbf2ae355bddf2530b323465395bae/src/awkward/types/type.py>`__ on `line 308 <https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/blob/76cb66b946cbf2ae355bddf2530b323465395bae/src/awkward/types/type.py#L308>`__.

.. py:function:: ak.types.from_datashape(datashape, highlevel=True)

Parses ``datashape`` (str) and returns a :py:obj:`ak.types.Type` object, the inverse of
calling ``str`` on a :py:obj:`ak.types.Type`.

If ``highlevel=True``, and the type string starts with a number (e.g. '1000 * ...'),
the return type is :py:obj:`ak.types.ArrayType`, representing an :py:obj:`ak.highlevel.Array`.

If ``highlevel=True`` and the type string starts with a record indicator (e.g. ``{``),
the return type is :py:obj:`ak.types.ScalarType` with an :py:obj:`ak.types.RecordType` content,
representing a scalar :py:obj:`ak.highlevel.Record` rather than an array of them.

Other strings (e.g. starting with ``var *``, ``?``, ``option``, etc.) are not compatible
with ``highlevel=True``; an exception would be raised.

If ``highlevel=False``, the type is assumed to represent a layout (e.g. a number
indicates a :py:obj:`ak.types.RegularType`, rather than a :py:obj:`ak.types.ArrayType`).