parameters: (a)
return_statement: return a.itemsize
docstring: Helper function that returns the number of characters per field in
      a string or unicode array.  This is to abstract out the fact that
      for a unicode array this is itemsize / 4.
docstring_summary: Helper function that returns the number of characters per field in
      a string or unicode array.  This is to abstract out the fact that
      for a unicode array this is itemsize / 4.
docstring_tokens: Helper function that returns the number of characters per field in a string or unicode array . This is to abstract out the fact that for a unicode array this is itemsize / 4 .
function: def _get_num_chars(a):
      """
      Helper function that returns the number of characters per field in
      a string or unicode array.  This is to abstract out the fact that
      for a unicode array this is itemsize / 4.
      """
      if issubclass(a.dtype.type, unicode_):
          return a.itemsize // 4
      return a.itemsize
function_tokens: def _get_num_chars ( a ) : if issubclass ( a . dtype . type , unicode_ ) : return a . itemsize // 4 return a . itemsize