update chararray

Cloud-Drift · Jan 9, 2025 · 1040fe0 · 1040fe0
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commit 1040fe0
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/clouddrift/adapters/gdp/__init__.py b/clouddrift/adapters/gdp/__init__.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def str_to_float(value: str, default: float = np.nan) -> float:
         return default
 
 
-def cut_str(value: str, max_length: int) -> np.chararray:
+def cut_str(value: str, max_length: int) -> np.char.chararray:
     """Cut a string to a specific length and return it as a numpy chararray.
 
     Parameters
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def cut_str(value: str, max_length: int) -> np.chararray:
     out : np.chararray
         String with max_length characters
     """
-    charar = np.chararray(1, max_length)
+    charar = np.char.chararray(1, max_length)
     charar[:max_length] = value
     return charar