pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.astype
- ExtensionArray. astype ( dtype, copy=True ) [source]
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Cast to a NumPy array or ExtensionArray with ‘dtype’.
- Parameters
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- dtype :str or dtype
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Typecode or data-type to which the array is cast.
- copy :bool, default True
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Whether to copy the data, even if not necessary. If False, a copy is made only if the old dtype does not match the new dtype.
- Returns
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- array :np.ndarray or ExtensionArray
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An ExtensionArray if dtype is ExtensionDtype, Otherwise a NumPy ndarray with ‘dtype’ for its dtype.
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