pandas.api.types.is_categorical_dtype
- pandas.api.types. is_categorical_dtype ( arr_or_dtype ) [source]
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Check whether an array-like or dtype is of the Categorical dtype.
- Parameters
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- arr_or_dtype :array-like or dtype
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The array-like or dtype to check.
- Returns
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- boolean
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Whether or not the array-like or dtype is of the Categorical dtype.
Examples
>>> is_categorical_dtype(object) False >>> is_categorical_dtype(CategoricalDtype()) True >>> is_categorical_dtype([1, 2, 3]) False >>> is_categorical_dtype(pd.Categorical([1, 2, 3])) True >>> is_categorical_dtype(pd.CategoricalIndex([1, 2, 3])) True
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