'S3')]) >>> grades_dtype = [('Name', (np.str_, 10)), ('Marks', np.float64), ... ('GradeLevel', np.int32)] >>> grades_array = np.array([('Sam', 33.3, 3), ('Mike', 44.4, 5), ... ('Aadi', 66.6, 6)], dtype=grades_dtype) >>> np.core.records.fromstring(grades_array.tobytes(), dtype=grades_dtype) rec.array([('Sam', 33.3, 3), ('Mike', 44.4, 5), ('Aadi', 66.6, 6)], dtype=[('Name', '>> s = '\x01\x02\x03abc' >>> np.core.records.fromstring(s, dtype='u1,u1,u1,S3') Traceback (most recent call last) ... TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str' Nz2fromstring() needs a 'dtype' or 'formats' argument)