zarr roundtripping strings to/from json

p2p-ld · Dec 14, 2024 · 616785e · 616785e
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commit 616785e
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diff --git a/src/numpydantic/interface/zarr.py b/src/numpydantic/interface/zarr.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ def to_array_input(self) -> Union[ZarrArray, ZarrArrayPath]:
         if self.file:
             array = ZarrArrayPath(file=self.file, path=self.path)
         else:
-            array = zarr.array(self.value, dtype=self.dtype)
+            dtype = np.str_ if self.dtype == "str" else self.dtype
+            array = zarr.array(self.value, dtype=dtype)
         return array